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View Larger Image and Additional Photos of Sakari LerkkanenAbout Sakari Lerkkanen : Sakari Lerkkanen is a Finnish born, London based director who is internationally known for creating raw emotions by using highly crafted audiovisual storytelling.
Throughout the years he has shot multiple award winning short films, commercials and music videos. 2012 Sakari was selected as the best international young artist of the year by Le5Venice at Venice Biennale. 2014 his music video Le Roi – Lintu won a
main prize at Finnish Music Video Awards. 2019 his commercial work for CAP won Effie Grand Prix and Gold.
The global clients of Sakari include: Bacardi, Sony, Hendrick’s Gin, Axe, Power and Virgin to name few. His work has been featured on MTV, Cinema Scandinavia, Vice, Shots, Helsingin Sanomat, YLE,Czech news and 1.4 amongst others.
2014, Film Editor & Cinematography, BA, Tampere University of Applied Science, TAMPERE/FINLAND
AWARDS:
2020, Best Film Nomination, ECU European Independent Film Festival, PARIS/FRANCE
2019, Grand Prix Winner, Effie Awards, PRAGUE/CZECH REPUBLIC
2019, Gold winner, Effie Awards, PRAGUE/CZECH REPUBLIC
2018, Best TV spot nomination, ADC Awards, PRAGUE/CZECH REPUBLIC
2017, Artist Spotlight, Cinema Scandinavia, OSLO/NORWAY
2015, Best Film Nomination, Raindance Film Festival, LONDON/UK
2015, Best Film Nomination, Aesthetica Film Festival, YORK/UK
2015, Six Most Creative Music Videos, 1.4, LONDON/UK
2014, Grand Prix Winner, Finnish Music Video Awards, OULU/FINLAND
2013, Best Film Nomination, Tampere International Film Festival, TAMPERE/FINLAND
2012, Best International Young Artist of the Year, Le5Venice at Venice Biennale,VENICE/ITALY
PRESS APPEARANCES:
2020, ''Ihminen'', Shots, https://www.shots.net/news/view/mx-releases-cinema
tic-civil-war-themed-promo, January, LONDON/UK
2020, ''Ihminen'', Videoterapia, https://video-terapia.blogspot.com/2020/01/sabado-
belico.html?m=1, January, MADRID/SPAIN
2020, ''Ihminen'', Design Collector, https://designcollector.net/music/m-x-ihminen, January, ST. PETERSBURG/RUSSIA
2019, ''Sealight'', VICE, https://www.vice.com/gr/article/vb5nd3/electric-li
tany-xwris-ta3ikh-diais8hsh-den-pame-poy8ena?fbcli
d=IwAR0JENTpTIbviVpT1O3gmmVRZMtqDSbto7OH10zTXpQvj-
3GMhMWnMKE4x4, October, ATHENS/GREECE
2019, ''Sealight'', Director's Note, https://directorsnotes.com/2019/10/17/sakari-lerkk
anen-sealight/?fbclid=IwAR2qzHLtrfBS1jR_z6TNuORsUF
Cc1p-heUBT6QLmNDq93Or_sEWISRM5ZEE, October, LONDON/UK
2019, ''Sealight'', Promonews, https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/09/26/electri
c-litany-sealight-sakari-lerkkanen/61008?utm_mediu
m=email&utm_source=transactional&utm_campa
ign=email, September, LONDON/UK
2016, ''High'', Fubiz, http://www.fubiz.net/en/tv/choreographed-love-rela
tionship-in-a-music-video/, July, PARIS/FRANCE
2015, ''All These Years'', 1.4, https://www.onepointfour.co/2015/01/06/six-of-the-
best-music-videos/, January, LONDON/UK
2014, ''Lintu'', Helsingin Sanomat, https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000002757622.html
, August, HELSINKI/FINLAND
WEB SITE:
http://sakarilerkkanen.com/
PORTFOLIO URL:
http://sakarilerkkanen.com/
REGISTRATION DATE:
2019-12-04 10:25:36
COUNTRY/REGION:
Great Britain
ACCOUNT TYPE:
Professional
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