About

Known credits:
16
Birthday:
1980-02-18
Place of birth:
Rovaniemi, Finland
Website:
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Miia Tervo

Overview

Miia Tervo (born February 18, 1980 in Rovaniemi) is a Jussi-awarded film director and screenwriter currently living in Helsinki.

She grew up in Muurola , the former Rovaniemi rural municipality , 25 kilometers from the center of Rovaniemi. She attended high school in Rovaniemi, after which she moved to Helsinki to work in a restaurant. Then she worked in a fish factory in Norway and volunteered abroad. She studied writing poems at Orivesi College , cinematography in Turku and cinematography at the University of Arts and Sciences (now Aalto University).

Tervo has received Kéluvataite artist grants for her films.

Known for

Acting
2021 The Dinosaur Actor Self 59
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Directing
2024 The Missile Directing Director 58
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2021 Lovi Directing Director N/A
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2019 Force of Habit Directing Director 59
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2019 One-Off Incident Directing Director 59
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2019 It’s All Right Directing Director 59
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2019 Aurora Directing Director 59
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2015 Clumsy Little Acts of Tenderness Directing Director 59
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2013 Santra and the Talking Trees Directing Director N/A
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2009 Little Snow Animal Directing Director 59
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Writing
2024 The Missile Writing Writer 58
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2019 Force of Habit Writing Writer 59
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2019 It’s All Right Writing Screenplay 59
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2019 Aurora Writing Writer 59
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2015 Clumsy Little Acts of Tenderness Writing Writer 59
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2013 Santra and the Talking Trees Writing Writer N/A
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