Eija-Elina Bergholm
Eija-Elina Bergholm | |
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| Born | Eija-Elina Anneli Neuvonen 27 April 1943 (age 81) Lahti, Finland |
| Occupation(s) | Filmmaker stage director |
| Awards | Finnish State Film Prize (1973, 1988, 1991)[1] |
Eija-Elina Anneli Bergholm (née Neuvonen, born 27 April 1943) is a Finnish director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in Lahti, Bergholm studied art history and drama at the University of Helsinki and drama at the Finnish Theater Institute, graduating in 1965.[2] She started her career working as a television director and serving as artistic director for the Helsinki Student Theatre.[2] She made her film debut as a screenwriter in 1968, with the critical acclaimed Punahilkka directed by her first husband Timo Bergholm, which was followed one year later by the controversial but commercially successful Jörn Donner's film Anna.[2][3]
Bergholm made her directorial film debut in 1972 with Finnish Broadcasting Company from the late 1970s.[2]
References
- ISBN 951-1-20606-0
- ^ ISBN 978-0-520-08879-5.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-137-31237-2.
- ^ Kezich, Tullio (5 September 1984). "Tre persone e un piccolo grande film". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 19 February 2022.
External links
- Eija-Elina Bergholm at IMDb
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