Miia Tervo

Directing

Born: 1980-02-18
From: Rovaniemi, Finland
Gender: Female
Popularity: 0.1

Biography

Miia Tervo (born February 18, 1980 in Rovaniemi) is a Jussi-awarded film director and screenwriter currently living in Helsinki. She grew up in Muurola, the former Rovaniemi rural municipality , 25 kilometers from the center of Rovaniemi. She attended high school in Rovaniemi, after which she moved to Helsinki to work in a restaurant. Then she worked in a fish factory in Norway and volunteered abroad. She studied writing poems at Orivesi College , cinematography in Turku and cinematography at the University of Arts and Sciences (now Aalto University). Tervo has received Kéluvataite artist grants for her films.

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Awards & Nominations2 won · 1 nominated

🏆 Won

Jussi Award for Best Direction

Aurora

2020
🏆 Won

Jussi Award for Best Script

Aurora

2020
Nominated

European Film Award for Best Short Film

Little Snow Animal

2010