Kari Juhana (KJ) Koski (b. 15.02.1946) Director, married, 3 children
EDUCATION
Master of Arts: scriptwriting (University of Industrial Arts, Department of Film & TV – Helsinki, Finland)
1966-71, 1996-97 Theatre Academy (Helsinki, Finland)
1972-75 Mass communications: radio & TV – University of Tampere.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Promotion Center for Audiovisual Culture (AVEK) Helsinki, Finland. 1993-94
Lectures in sound design and documentary film, University of Industrial Arts, 1980-88
BBC External Service, London 1975
Free-lance producer, sound designer, editor and director, 1968-
From 1994 worked primarily as a writer, producer, and director of short films. Over twenty feature films
LATEST DIRECTOR WORKS
I have primarily handled issues of culture and social change.
DREAM OF KARELIA, documentary, 2007
SUOMALAISTA ARKIPÄIVÄÄ, documentary, 2004
GANGUT, documentary, 2003
OUR KGB PETS, documentary, 1999
WAY DOWN, documentary, 1998
CONSOLATION, documentary, 1997
DREAMS? Cuts of Life, documentary, 1994
LIGHT FUEL OF THE NIGHT, fiction, 1991
SONG OF CLANGULA HYEMALIS, documentary, 1989
HOME OF THE WILD BOY, documentary, 1987
BLOOD GROUP, documentary, 1979