I am Antti Tuomas Seppänen, a filmmaker and photographer based in Helsinki, working since 2000. I have collaborated on international film projects with a focus on architecture, and my photographs have been shown in private and group exhibitions. I routinely use modern production and post-production tools, including the Adobe suite, to bring ideas to life. I hold an MA from the Huston School of Film and Digital Media in Galway, Ireland, and my work has taken me from West Africa to Cairo and Mexico. I'm an avid follower of art and literature, and I actively engage with social media as part of my professional and private life.

Antti Tuomas Seppänen

I am Antti Tuomas Seppänen, a filmmaker and photographer based in Helsinki, working since 2000. I have collaborated on international film projects with a focus on architecture, and my photographs have been shown in private and group exhibitions. I routinely use modern production and post-production tools, including the Adobe suite, to bring ideas to life. I hold an MA from the Huston School of Film and Digital Media in Galway, Ireland, and my work has taken me from West Africa to Cairo and Mexico. I'm an avid follower of art and literature, and I actively engage with social media as part of my professional and private life.

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I am Antti Tuomas Seppänen, a filmmaker and photographer based in Helsinki, working since 2000. I have collaborated on international film projects with a focus on architecture, and my photographs have been shown in private and group exhibitions. I routinely use modern production and post-production tools, including the Adobe suite, to bring ideas to life.

I hold an MA from the Huston School of Film and Digital Media in Galway, Ireland, and my work has taken me from West Africa to Cairo and Mexico. I’m an avid follower of art and literature, and I actively engage with social media as part of my professional and private life.

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Language

Finnish
Fluent
English
Fluent
Swedish
Advanced
Spanish; Castilian
Advanced
French
Intermediate
Chinese
Beginner

Work Experience

Director, Camera, Editor at Puutalon maalaus
January 1, 2026 - January 1, 2026
Documentaries 3x6 min
Director, Camera, Editor at Puutalon maalaus - Suunnittelu
January 1, 2025 - Present
Documentary project (6 minutes) directed, filmed and edited.
Director, Camera, Editor at Puutalon maalaus - Suunnittelu
January 1, 2025 - Present
Documentary project (6 min).
Director, Camera, Editor at Kattoristikoiden ratkojat
January 1, 2024 - Present
65-minute documentary.
Director, Camera, Editor at "Kattoristikoiden ratkojat"
January 1, 2024 - Present
Documentary 65 min.
Director, Camera, Editor at Modernin arvo
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2023
Documentary 13 min
Director, Camera, Editor at Kattoristikoiden ratkojat
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2023
Documentary 65 min
Director, Camera, Editor at Modernin arvo
January 1, 2023 - Present
13-minute documentary.
Director, Camera, Editor at "Modernin arvo"
January 1, 2023 - Present
Documentary 13 min.
Director, Camera, Editor at Tutkijan verkkokurssi tutkimuksen vaikuttavuudesta
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2022
Videos 6x5 min
Director, Camera, Editor at Salapoliisityötä kattorakenteessa
January 1, 2022 - Present
8-minute documentary.
Director, Camera, Editor at Tutkijanerkkokurssi tutkimuksen vaikuttavuudesta
January 1, 2022 - Present
Video project 6x5 minutes.
Director, Camera, Editor at "Tutkijanerkkokurssi tutkimuksen vaikuttavuudesta"
January 1, 2022 - Present
Videos 6x5 min.
Director, Editor, Sound Designer at Uterne – 100 year journey
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2021
Documentary 51 min
Director, Editor, Sound Designer at Uterne – 100 year journey
January 1, 2021 - Present
Documentary (51 min).
Director, Editor, Sound Designer at "Uterne – 100 year journey"
January 1, 2021 - Present
Documentary 51 min.
Director, Editor, Sound Designer at Uterne – 100 year journey
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2020
Documentary focusing on a long historical connection; 51 min.
Director, Editor at Zero Arctic
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2020
Documentary 5 min
Director, Editor at Kattoristikoiden ratkojat
January 1, 2020 - Present
Documentary (13 min).
Director, Editor at Zero Arctic
January 1, 2020 - Present
Documentary (5 min).
Director, Editor at "Zero Arctic"
January 1, 2020 - Present
Documentary 5 min.
Director, Camera, Editor at "Aalto Lab Mexico" Documentaries
December 31, 2019 - September 20, 2025
Documentaries, Aalto University
Director, Editor, Producer at Oiva-Filmi
December 31, 2019 - September 20, 2025
Love the Most; Finnish-Mexican coproduction; included and awarded in numerous international film festivals.
Director, Cameraman, Editor at USA & Canada Architecture Documentaries
December 31, 2019 - September 20, 2025
Made several short architecture documentaries in USA and Canada, including l'Amphithéâtre de Trois-Rivières.
Documentary Director/Producer at Aalto Lab Mexico
December 31, 2019 - September 20, 2025
Documented a collaborative anthropological research and cooperation project among the Maya people in the Calakmul area.
Director, Editor at Love the Most
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Finnish-Mexican coproduction; 30 min documentary released 2019.
Director, Cameraman, Editor at Aalto Lab Mexico
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Anthropological research and cooperation project among the Maya people in the Calakmul area; 17 short films produced
Director, Editor, Sound Designer at Love the Most
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Documentary 30 min, Oiva-Filmi
Director, Camera, Editor at Aalto Lab Mexico
January 1, 2019 - September 20, 2025
Documentaries; collaboration with Aalto University (2012-2019).
Director, Editor, Sound Designer at Love the Most
January 1, 2019 - Present
Documentary (30 min).
Camera, Editor, Sound Designer at Vallila x Ervin Latimer
January 1, 2019 - Present
Marketing video (1 min).
Director, Editor, Sound Designer at "Love the Most"
January 1, 2019 - Present
Documentary 30 min, Oiva-Filmi
Director, Camera, Editor at Oiva-Filmi
December 31, 2016 - September 20, 2025
Aalto Arctic Marine Technology promotional video.
Director, Editor, Cameraman at Aalto Arctic Marine Technology
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2016
Promotion/education material, 4 min; 2016.
Director, Editor at Aethyr / Under the Crescent
December 31, 2015 - September 20, 2025
Under the Crescent (project under Aethyr) documentary.
Director, Camera, Editor at SILO 468 (Oiva-Filmi)
December 31, 2014 - September 20, 2025
SILO 468 (7+37 min) documentaries.
Director, Cameraman, Editor at L'Amphithéâtre de Trois-Rivières
December 31, 2014 - September 20, 2025
l'Amphithéâtre de Trois-Rivières (5+47 min) documentaries.
Director, Editor at l'Amphithéâtre de Trois-Rivières
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2014
Documentaries 5+47 min; 2014.
Director, Camera, Editor at "KAISA-HOUSE – Helsinki University"
December 31, 2012 - September 20, 2025
Documentary, WDC 2012
Director, Camera, Editor at KAISA-HOUSE – Helsinki University
December 31, 2012 - September 20, 2025
KAISA-HOUSE – Helsinki University (WDC 2012).
Director, Camera, Editor at Aalto Global Impact ACCESS
December 31, 2012 - September 20, 2025
Aalto Global Impact ACCESS documentary.
Director, Cameraman, Editor at Helsinki University Library (WDC 2012)
December 31, 2012 - September 20, 2025
Finished a four-year film project on the construction of Kaisa House; premiered at the opening of the library with a live accompaniment.
Director, Cameraman at Helinä Rautavaara Museum / World Champions of Recycling
December 31, 2012 - September 20, 2025
Shot and directed two films about the Zabbaleen people in Cairo for the World Champions of Recycling exhibition.
Director, Cameraman, Editor at Newly Drawn – Emerging Finnish Architects (Exhibition project)
December 31, 2012 - September 20, 2025
Realized 17 short films for the exhibition project Newly Drawn – Emerging Finnish Architects; films screened internationally.
Director, Editor, Cameraman at SILO 468
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2014
Documentaries 7+37 min; 2012-2014.
Director, Editor at KAISA-HOUSE – Helsinki University
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2012
Documentary of the Helsinki University Library (WDC 2012).
Director, Editor, Cameraman at Aalto Lab Mexico
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2019
An anthropological research and cooperation project among the Maya people in the Calakmul area; documented 2012-2019.
Director, SRIPT, Editor at IFLA 2012 HELSINKI
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2012
Documentary, Ministry of Education / Illume Ltd
Director, Camera, Editor at KAISA-HOUSE – Helsinki University
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2012
WDC 2012 film project about Helsinki University library
Director, Sript, Editor at IFLA 2012 Helsinki
January 1, 2012 - September 20, 2025
Documentary for Ministry of Education / Illume Ltd.
Director, Camera, Editor at KAISA-HOUSE – Helsinki University
January 1, 2012 - September 20, 2025
Documentary for WDC 2012.
Photographer, Director, Camera, Editor at Photo Exhibition: Gates of Dreams, Volga Gallery
December 31, 2011 - September 20, 2025
Photographer, Director, Camera, Editor at Volga Gallery
December 31, 2011 - September 20, 2025
Photo Exhibition: Gates of Dreams.
Filmmaker / Field Researcher at Independent / Finnish Foreign Site
February 28, 2011 - September 20, 2025
Spent two months in West Africa studying and recording local cultures and traditions; short films realized in cooperation with the local community.
Photographer, Director, Cameraman, Editor at Gates of Dreams
January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2011
Photo exhibition and documentary work.
Photographer, Director, Camera, Editor at Photo Exhibition: Gates of Dreams, Volga Gallery
January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2011
Galleries and documentation work
Photographer, Director, Camera, Editor at Volga Gallery
January 1, 2011 - September 20, 2025
Photo Exhibition: Gates of Dreams.
Director, Camera, Editor at "Newly Drawn Architecture"
December 31, 2010 - September 20, 2025
17 Short films
Director, SRIPT, Editor at IFLA 2012 Helsinki
December 31, 2010 - September 20, 2025
Documentary, Ministry of Education / Illume Ltd
Director, Camera, Editor at Newly Drawn Architecture
December 31, 2010 - September 20, 2025
Newly Drawn Architecture – 17 short films (2008-2010).
Director, SRIPT, Editor at Ministry of Education / Illume Ltd
December 31, 2010 - September 20, 2025
IFLA 2012 Helsinki Documentary.
Director, Editor at IFLA 2012 Helsinki
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2010
Documentary for Ministry of Education / Illume Ltd.
Director, Camera, Editor at Newly Drawn Architecture
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2010
17 Short films
Director, Camera, Editor at Newly Drawn Architecture
January 1, 2010 - September 20, 2025
17 short films.
Cameraman, Editor at "Iceberg shadow"
December 31, 2009 - September 20, 2025
Documentary 57 min, Illume Ltd
Director, Editor at Illume Ltd
December 31, 2009 - September 20, 2025
Iceberg shadow (57 min).
Director, SRIPT, Editor at Helsinki City
December 31, 2009 - September 20, 2025
Tailwind - Helsinki Horizon 2030, Four Short Films.
Cameraman, Editor at YLE
December 31, 2009 - September 20, 2025
Building Jury Shanghai (TV-program).
Director, Editor at Illume Ltd
December 31, 2009 - September 20, 2025
Iceberg shadow (2009), an internationally awarded documentary based on found footage.
Director, Editor, Voice/Sound Designer at Iceberg shadow
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2009
Iceberg shadow (57 min) documentary, Illume Ltd.
Director, Editor at Tailwind - Helsinki Horizon 2030
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2009
Four short films for Helsinki City; 2009.
Director, Editor at Iceberg shadow
January 1, 2009 - September 20, 2025
Documentary (57 min).
Director, Sript, Editor at Tailwind - Helsinki Horizon 2030
January 1, 2009 - September 20, 2025
Four short films for Helsinki City.
Cameraman, Editor at Building Jury Shanghai
January 1, 2009 - September 20, 2025
TV-program collaboration for YLE.
Director, Editor at "Finnish Coast Guarding" & "Border Guard Aircrafts"
December 31, 2008 - September 20, 2025
Documentaries
Cameraman, Editor at Building Jury Shanghai
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2008
TV-program for YLE; 2008.
Director, Editor at Newly Drawn Architecture
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2010
17 short films created for the exhibition project; 2008-2010.
Director, Editor, Cameraman at Newly Drawn – Emerging Finnish Architects
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2010
Realized 17 short films screened internationally as part of the exhibition project Newly Drawn – Emerging Finnish Architects.
Director, Script, Editor at Finnish Coast Guarding & Border Guard Aircrafts
January 1, 2008 - September 20, 2025
Documentaries.
Editor at Multicultural school & Headmaster's maintenance
January 1, 2007 - September 20, 2025
Educational series.
Director, Editor at "Harbour lights"
December 31, 2006 - September 20, 2025
Documentary, The Maritime Museum of Finland
Director, Editor at Harbour lights
January 1, 2006 - September 20, 2025
Documentary for The Maritime Museum of Finland.
Editor at "Sounds like Suomi"
December 31, 2005 - September 20, 2025
Documentary 90 min, Zenmedia
Cameraman, Editor at YLE Asian office Beijing / Luxian Ltd
January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2005
News, reportage, sports
Editor at Once upon a time in Ethiopia
January 1, 2005 - September 20, 2025
Documentary.
Camera, Editing at YLE Asian office Beijing / Luxian Ltd
December 31, 2004 - September 20, 2025
Camera, Editing at Sounds like Suomi
January 1, 2004 - September 20, 2025
Documentary (90 min).
Cameraman and Editor (Asia) at YLE
January 1, 2004 - September 20, 2025
Worked as the Asian cameraman and editor for YLE (Finland's Broadcasting Company).
Director, Camera, Editing at "Cultural paths of North Ostrobotnia"
December 31, 2003 - September 20, 2025
Documentary, Oulu Vocational College
Cameraman, Editor at YLE Asian Office
January 1, 2003 - January 1, 2004
Asian cameraman and editor for YLE.
Camera, Reportage at YLE
January 1, 2003 - September 20, 2025
Reportage trip to Afghanistan.
Director, Camera, Editing at Rockadillo
December 31, 2002 - September 20, 2025
Projections for the Sami people national day, 75 min
Director, Editor at EU LINGUA project / TTVO / YLE
December 31, 2001 - September 20, 2025
Lingua – Deutsch educational videos (6x5 min); AVID Instructor.
AVID Instructor; Director, Editor at TTVO / YLE
January 1, 2001 - September 20, 2025
Heart blood (fiction), 11 min.
Director at Lingua – Deutsch (EU LINGUA project)
December 31, 2000 - September 20, 2025
Educational videos, 6x5 min
Director, Editor at Roadmovies / The Redemption
December 31, 2000 - September 20, 2025
Sydänveri (Heart blood) (11 min).
Director, Script, Editor at Revontulten Suomi / Helsinki
December 31, 2000 - September 20, 2025
The Redemption (experimental).
Director, editor, cameraman at Self-employed / Freelance
January 1, 2000 - Present
Director, editor and cameraman on numerous films, TV programs, commercials, trailers, music videos and corporate videos.
Director, Camera, Editing at Lingua – Deutsch EU LINGUA project
January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2000
Educational videos
Director at Valolaterna / Helsinki
January 1, 2000 - September 20, 2025
The Redemption; Experimental.
Director at EU LINGUA project
January 1, 2000 - September 20, 2025
Lingua – Deutsch educational videos (6x5 min).
Director, Editor, Cameraman at Independent / Freelance
January 1, 2000 - Present
Director, editor, and cameraman of tens of films, TV-programs, commercials, trailers, music and corporate videos.

Education

MA in Film production and direction at Huston School of Film and Digital Media
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2007
BA Honours at Tampere Polytechnic University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2000
Studies in University of Salford, Department of media and performance at University of Salford
January 1, 1998 - January 1, 1999
Studies in Audiovisual culture at University of Turku
January 1, 1995 - January 1, 1996
Upper secondary school at Lahden Lyseon Lukio
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1993
Master of Arts in Film Production and Direction at Huston School of Film and Digital Media, Galway, Ireland
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2007
Bachelor of Arts Honours at Tampere Polytechnic University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2000
Studies in Audiovisual Culture at University of Turku
January 1, 1995 - January 1, 1996
Studies in Media and Performance at University of Salford, UK
January 1, 1998 - January 1, 1999
Upper secondary school diploma at Lahden Lyseon Lukio
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1993
MA in Film Production and Direction at Huston School of Film and Digital Media
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2007
BA Honours at Tampere Polytechnic University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2000
Studies in University of Salford, Department of media and performance at University of Salford, UK
January 1, 1998 - January 1, 1999
Studies in Audiovisual culture at University of Turku
January 1, 1995 - January 1, 1996
Upper secondary school at Lahden Lyseon Lukio
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1993
MA in Film Production and Direction at Huston School of Film and Digital Media
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2007
BA Honours at Tampere Polytechnic University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2000
Studies in Audiovisual culture at University of Salford, Department of Media and Performance
January 1, 1998 - January 1, 1999
Upper secondary school at Lahden Lyseon Lukio
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1993
MA at Huston School of Film and Digital Media, Galway, Ireland
January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2007
BA Honours at Tampere Polytechnic University
January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2000
Studies in Media and Performance at University of Salford, UK
January 1, 1998 - January 1, 1999
Studies in Audiovisual Culture at University of Turku
January 1, 1995 - January 1, 1996
Upper secondary school graduation at Lahden Lyseon Lukio
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1993

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