About

Known credits:
64
Birthday:
1976-07-06
Place of birth:
Gällivare, Norrbottens län, Sweden
Website:
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Daniel Lehmussaari

Overview

Daniel Lehmussaari is a film director who was born on the 6th of july 1976 in Gällivare, Sweden. A huge fan of Italian horror movies from the 70's-80's, with a great love of Dario Argento's work, Lehmussaari started playing around with a video camera around 1992 that he borrowed from a local association when he had just enrolled in high school, as there wasn't much to do in Gällivare, and he started to make some low budget action films with his friends.

In 1995 he made his first film, a 25 minutes long gore movie called Chainsaw Charle goes to the hospital, together with his friend and fellow horror fan Oden Nilsson who would go on to star in some of Lehmussaari's early films including Death Academy (2005). Around the 2000's Lehmussaari along with Mikael Stridsson and Pauli Raitaniemi founded their own independent film studio Cruzical Film&Media.

To this day all of his films have been filmed in and around Gällivare.

In the 2010's Felix Nord of Monte Fjanton Creations started a series of reviews for his review show "Felix Recenserar" (dedicated to mostly bad movies that were either originally from Sweden or dubbed into Swedish) where he covered Lehmussaari's movies starting with Death Academy. Felix's reviews and eventual interview with Lehmussaari was one of many contributing factors that helped in bringing in a broader audience to Lehmussaari's films. Around 2016 Lehmussaari met Roger Bergström who's usually the chairman of the Arctic Light Film Festival who is also rather fond of Lehmussaari's work and the Arctic Light Film Festival has showcased his films on multiple occasions and has become a staplein their program. Bergström ended up in contact with organisers of the Dead North Film Festival which he thought Lehmussaari and his team should make a short film for the festival which they did and Lehmussaari ended up winning a best scare award.

Lehmussaari is currently working on Death Academy 2 which is set to release in 2025.

Known for

Acting
2025 Se Upp För Zombies! Actor Eric Norberg N/A
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2023 Survival Is Not Enough Actor Hotel Zombie N/A
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2012 Fasa: Children of Evil Actor The Devil N/A
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2005 Death Academy Actor Mental patient 58
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2003 In the Shadow of the Ram Actor Räven 58
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Directing
2023 Survival Is Not Enough Directing Director N/A
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2023 Luna Project Directing Director N/A
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2018 Legend of the Lake Directing Director 59
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2017 Fasa: The Basement Directing Director N/A
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2014 Fasa: The Clown Directing Director N/A
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2012 Fasa: Children of Evil Directing Director N/A
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2011 Black Death Directing Director N/A
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2011 A Drink with Dracula Directing Director N/A
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2009 The Grief Directing Director N/A
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2008 The House of Orphans Directing Director 58
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2005 Death Academy Directing Director 58
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2003 In the Shadow of the Ram Directing Director 58
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Writing
2023 Luna Project Writing Writer N/A
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2017 Fasa: The Basement Writing Writer N/A
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2014 Fasa: The Clown Writing Writer N/A
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2012 Fasa: Children of Evil Writing Screenplay N/A
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2011 Black Death Writing Writer N/A
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2009 The Grief Writing Screenplay N/A
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2008 The House of Orphans Writing Writer 58
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2005 Death Academy Writing Writer 58
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2003 In the Shadow of the Ram Writing Writer 58
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Production
2023 Luna Project Production Producer N/A
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2023 Luna Project Production Casting N/A
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2011 Black Death Production Producer N/A
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2011 A Drink with Dracula Production Production Designer N/A
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2008 The House of Orphans Production Producer 58
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2005 Death Academy Production Producer 58
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2003 In the Shadow of the Ram Production Producer 58
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Sound
2023 Survival Is Not Enough Sound Sound Designer N/A
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2023 Survival Is Not Enough Sound Sound Mixer N/A
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2018 Legend of the Lake Sound Sound Mixer 59
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2009 The Grief Sound Sound Editor N/A
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Art
2005 Death Academy Art Production Design 58
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Camera
2003 In the Shadow of the Ram Camera Director of Photography 58
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Costume & Make-Up
2023 Survival Is Not Enough Costume & Make-Up Special Effects Makeup Artist N/A
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2023 Luna Project Costume & Make-Up Special Effects Makeup Artist N/A
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2012 Fasa: Children of Evil Costume & Make-Up Special Effects Makeup Artist N/A
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Crew
2023 Survival Is Not Enough Crew Cinematography N/A
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2023 Survival Is Not Enough Crew Visual Effects Art Director N/A
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2023 Luna Project Crew Cinematography N/A
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2018 Legend of the Lake Crew Cinematography 59
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2017 Fasa: The Basement Crew Cinematography N/A
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2014 Fasa: The Clown Crew Cinematography N/A
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2012 Fasa: Children of Evil Crew Special Effects N/A
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2005 Death Academy Crew Cinematography 58
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Editing
2023 Survival Is Not Enough Editing Editor N/A
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2023 Luna Project Editing Editor N/A
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2018 Legend of the Lake Editing Editor 59
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2017 Fasa: The Basement Editing Editor N/A
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2014 Fasa: The Clown Editing Editor N/A
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2012 Fasa: Children of Evil Editing Editor N/A
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2011 Black Death Editing Editor N/A
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2011 A Drink with Dracula Editing Editor N/A
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2009 The Grief Editing Editor N/A
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2005 Death Academy Editing Editor 58
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2003 In the Shadow of the Ram Editing Editor 58
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Visual Effects
2023 Survival Is Not Enough Visual Effects Visual Effects Supervisor N/A
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2023 Luna Project Visual Effects Special Effects Supervisor N/A
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2011 A Drink with Dracula Visual Effects Visual Effects N/A
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