Mika Taanila

Mika Taanila

ProducerSoundDirectorEditorWriter May 22 (age 60) Helsinki, Finland 1984–2026 (42 year career)

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Biography

Mika Taanila is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Helsinki. His films have been screened at several international film festivals such as TIFF Toronto, IFFR Rotterdam, Berlinale, CPH:DOX, Clermont-Ferrand, Karlovy-Vary, Midnight Sun Film Festival, IDFA Amsterdam and Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen. Taanila’s moving image installations have been shown at major international group shows, such as Venice Biennale (2017), Aichi Triennale (2013), Documenta (2012), Shanghai Biennale (2006) and Berlin Bien…

Known For

The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

Director

Return of the Atom

Return of the Atom

Director

Suolaista ja makeaa

Suolaista ja makeaa

Assistant Director

Tectonic Plate

Tectonic Plate

Director

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

Director

Realms

Realms

Editor

Optical Sound

Optical Sound

Director

Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow

Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow

Director

Filmography

Crew (56)

Movies (56)

D Is for Distance

D Is for Distance

Producer

John 9:25 / 52:9 nhoJ

John 9:25 / 52:9 nhoJ

Music

Nox

Nox

Producer

John 9:25

John 9:25

Music

Failed Emptiness

Failed Emptiness

Director

Failed Emptiness

Failed Emptiness

Editor

Failed Emptiness

Failed Emptiness

Producer

Monica in the South Seas

Monica in the South Seas

Director

Monica in the South Seas

Monica in the South Seas

Editor

Monica in the South Seas

Monica in the South Seas

Screenplay

Failed Emptiness. Place

Failed Emptiness. Place

Director

Verbranntes land

Verbranntes land

Director

Failed Emptiness. Time

Failed Emptiness. Time

Director

Patent Nr. 314805

Patent Nr. 314805

Director

Patent Nr. 314805

Patent Nr. 314805

Writer

Vanishing

Director

Rentrer chez soi

Assistant Camera

Realms

Realms

Editor

Flame

Flame

Producer

Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe Markers

Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe Markers

Cinematography

Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe Markers

Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe Markers

Director

The World

The World

Director

The World

The World

Editor

The World

The World

Producer

The World

The World

Script

Branches

Branches

Director

Delay of Game

Cinematography

Delay of Game

Director

Delay of Game

Music

Delay of Game

Screenplay

Tectonic Plate

Tectonic Plate

Director

Return of the Atom

Return of the Atom

Director

Spindrift

Spindrift

Director

Six Day Run

Director

My Silence

Director

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

Director

Man and Science

Director

The Pests

Editor

The Zone of Total Eclipse

The Zone of Total Eclipse

Director

Sommerreise

Cinematography

Sommerreise

Director

Sommerreise

Producer

Optical Sound

Optical Sound

Director

The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

Director

The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

Editor

The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

Writer

A Physical Ring

A Physical Ring

Director

RoboCup99

RoboCup99

Director

RoboCup99

RoboCup99

Screenplay

Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow

Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow

Director

Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow

Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow

Screenplay

A City Symphony

A City Symphony

Director

Bad Vugum – From B To V

Bad Vugum – From B To V

Director

Suolaista ja makeaa

Suolaista ja makeaa

Assistant Director

The Double - Russian industrial music and low tech videos

The Double - Russian industrial music and low tech videos

Director

Hermaphrodites

Director