Susanna Salonen

Susanna Salonen is a Finnish-German film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Born in 1966 in Finland, Salonen grew up in Lübeck and trained as a camerawoman in Berlin. She has shot several award-winning documentaries, and written and directed fiction films. Her fiction debut Patong Girl[1] won the prestigious German Grimme award in 2016.[2] Salonen is a member of the German film academy.

Susanna Salonen
Born
NationalityFinnish
Occupation(s)Film director, writer, cinematographer
Notable workPatong Girl
Websitesalonen.de

In 2020, she filmed in the central Arctic during the MOSAiC Expedition on German research-icebreaker Polarstern for the international documentary Arctic Drift on climate change research in the Arctic.[3][4]

References

  1. "P A T O N G    G I R L    F I L M". www.patong-girl.com. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  2. "Preisträger - Grimme-Preis". www.grimme-preis.de. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  3. "Arctic Drift". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  4. Hopewell, John (2021-10-08). "Fremantle Sells Banner Factual Original 'Arctic Drift: A Year In the Ice' to 170 Territories (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-10.



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