About

Known credits:
12
Birthday:
1977-01-01
Place of birth:
Porvoo, Finland
Website:
N/A

J-P Valkeapää

Overview

Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää is a Finnish director and screenwriter.

His first film The Visitor (2009), that was also his final assigment in Aalto University School of Arts, was screened at Venice Film Festival in 2008. His second film They Have Escaped (2014) was screened at Venice and Toronto, and also won 4 Jussi-awards (Finland's premier film industry award), including Award for Best Directing.

He has been selected for Director of the Year award in 2009 and 2015 by the Finnish Film Directors' Guild.

Known for

Directing
2022 Hit Big Directing Director 59
Average
2019 Dogs Don't Wear Pants Directing Director 61
Fair
2014 They Have Escaped Directing Director 59
Average
2008 The Visitor Directing Director 59
Average
2003 The Fall Directing Director N/A
N/A

Writing
2022 Hit Big Writing Story 59
Average
2022 Hit Big Writing Idea 59
Average
2022 Hit Big Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2019 Dogs Don't Wear Pants Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
2014 They Have Escaped Writing Writer 59
Average
2008 The Visitor Writing Writer 59
Average
2003 The Fall Writing Screenplay N/A
N/A