TEEMU LIAKKA - director of photography
TEEMU LIAKKA
Teemu is a cinematographer, a professional diver and has extensive knowledge of working in harsh natural environments. During his 20 year career he has always followed his enthusiasm, taking on interesting projects rather than just assignments
After film school in 1997 he started his career with music videos and commercials. Gradually he moved more into documentaries and made aerials for features for a while. His passion for the underwater world took over in 2002 when in preparation for a documentary project he ended up in commercial diving school.
Today Teemu mainly shoots documentaries and underwater scenens for features. Although he is a very versatile cinematographer involved in visual art projects, equipment design and commercials, at the moment his interests lie in documentaries, nature and of course underwater work.
Teemu is based in Finland
AWARDS
Nature Film “Tale of the sleeping giants” Nomine for best cimematography. Jussi awards 2021, WFF Rotterdam 2022
Documentary “ Life in four elements” Best Cinematography. Mendi International Mountain Film Festival 2017
Nature Film “Tale of a lake” Finalist. Special Jury Prize. Jackson Hole Film Festival 2017
Documentary “ Life in four elements” Best artistic-technical contribution. Trento Film Festival 2017
Short film “ Johanna” Kendal Mountain Film Festival. 2016,
Nature Film “Tale of a lake” International Gold Panda Documentary Film Festival, Chengdu China. 2016
New circus act. “Pinta” Sirkuksen Lumo Award 2013
TV-series “Operation Earth” Venla award. 2008
Documentary "Deep Breath" Antibes World Festival of Underwater Pictures. 2005
Music video “Freestyler” MTV Europe Award for Best Nordic Act, Muuvi award and Jyrki award 2000
Music video ”Uprocking beat" Oulun music video festival 1998
Short film ”Snapshotstar” Kettupäivät film festival 1997