Mika Ronkainen | |
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| Born | (1970-08-06)6 August 1970 (age 54) |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Website | http://www.mikaronkainen.com |
Mika Ronkainen (born 6 August 1970) is aFinnish film director and screenwriter. Ronkainen is the co-creator and director of successful television crime-dramaAll the Sins and he has also worked with documentary films and theatre. In June 2013, American magazineVariety selected Ronkainen as one of ten up-and-coming European directors to watch.[1]
Ronkainen's international breakthrough film wasScreaming Men (2003), a documentary film about a Finnish screaming male choir calledMieskuoro Huutajat, followed byFreetime Machos (2009), a documentary film about a rugby team which is allegedly the most northern and the third worst in the world.Screaming Men had its US premiere atSundance Film Festival in 2004.Freetime Machos premiered atTribeca Film Festival in 2010.
Ronkainen's latest documentary film is a musical road movie calledFinnish Blood Swedish Heart, also known asIngen riktig finne in Swedish, andLaulu koti-ikävästä in Finnish. The film has won several awards including twoJussi Awards (Finnish Oscars) in 2014: Best Documentary and Best Music, and the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Documentary atGöteborg Film Festival in 2013. Ronkainen adapted the documentary as a theatre play, which had its premiere at Oulu City Theatre in 2016.
Ronkainen wrote and directed television seriesAll the Sins, a crime-drama set in northern Finland. Its three seasons were released between 2019–2023.[2] In January 2019,All the Sins was awarded with Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize atGothenburg Film Festival in Sweden for "outstanding writing of a Nordic drama series".[3]
Ronkainen is one of the founders ofAir Guitar World Championships which is organized annually in his hometownOulu, Finland.
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