August 2004
 Finnish
filmmaker Markku Lehmuskallio
has co-directed films with Anastasia Lapsui since 1993, most often
about Arctic indigenous life. Lehmuskallio has received numerous
honors for his lyrical films, including the cinematography award
at the 2003 Chicago International Doc Film Festival and the Aho
& Soldán Lifework Award at the 2002 DocPoint Festival
in Helsinki, which presented a retrospective of his work. As a
young man Lehmuskallio worked as a forest ranger and logger before
making his first documentaries for Finland TV. He is a voting
member of the European Film Academy.
Screened by NMAI
Image credit:
Marku Lehmuskallio - courtesy of Docpoint Festival
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