I am Teemu Kyytinen, a dance film maker, camera owner/operator and editor. My work focuses on filming movement, a passion that grows from my own background in dancing. Before turning to film, I worked as a contemporary dancer and choreographer with extensive international touring experience. This journey informs my storytelling and helps me capture expressive movement on camera.…

Teemu Kyytinen

I am Teemu Kyytinen, a dance film maker, camera owner/operator and editor. My work focuses on filming movement, a passion that grows from my own background in dancing. Before turning to film, I worked as a contemporary dancer and choreographer with extensive international touring experience. This journey informs my storytelling and helps me capture expressive movement on camera.…

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I am Teemu Kyytinen, a dance film maker, camera owner/operator and editor. My work focuses on filming movement, a passion that grows from my own background in dancing.

Before turning to film, I worked as a contemporary dancer and choreographer with extensive international touring experience. This journey informs my storytelling and helps me capture expressive movement on camera.

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Work Experience

Freelance Cinematographer / Editor / Color Grader at Self-Employed / Freelance
January 1, 2009 - Present
Provide live-event multi-camera captures, filming, editing and color grading for independent and institutional clients. Clients include Helsinki City Theatre, Lahti City Theatre, Tero Saarinen Company, Susanna Leinonen Company.
Director / Director of Photography / Editor at Quiet Emotions
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Director, DP, editor, and color grader for a 28-minute dance documentary about social dancing featuring legendary Finnish dance artists; festival screenings in Finland, Greece and the USA.
Director / Director of Photography / Editor / Color Grader at We’ve Got Worms
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013
Director, DP, editor and color grader for a short dance film.
Filmmaker / Cinematographer / Editor at Independent & Institutional Clients
January 1, 2009 - Present
Experience of over 150 live-event multi-camera captures, filming, editing and color grading since 2009 for both independent and institutional clients, including Helsinki City Theatre, Lahti City Theatre, Tero Saarinen Company and Susanna Leinonen Company.
Director / Cinematographer / Editor (Dance Documentary) at Self-Produced / Freelance
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Dance Documentary Quiet Emotions (2017), a 28-minute piece about social dancing featuring legendary Finnish dance artists; festival screenings in Finland, Greece and USA; roles included director, DP, editor and color grading.
Director / Director of Photography / Editor at Self-Produced (We’ve Got Worms)
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013
Short dance film We’ve Got Worms (2013) with directing, DP, editing and color grading.

Education

Dancer at Theatre Academy of Helsinki, Dance Department
January 1, 1992 - January 1, 1996
Dancer at Theatre academy of Helsinki, Dance department
January 1, 1992 - January 1, 1996

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