Finnish film director
Zaida Bergroth (born 8 February 1977) is a Finnish film director best known for her 2020 film Tove.[1][2]
Career
Bergroth was born in Kivijärvi in 1977. She graduated from the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture in 2004.[3][4] Her first feature, Last Cowboy Standing was released in 2009. In 2019 it was announced that she would direct a biopic on the Moomin author Tove Jansson, titled Tove, which was released in 2020.[5][6]
Selected filmography
- Hair (1999) (short) (writer and director)[1]
- Lasileuka [Glass Jaw] (2004) (short) (writer and director)[1][7]
- Heavy Metal (2007) (short) (writer and director)[1]
- Kunnanjohtaja (2007) (short) (writer and director)[1]
- Last Cowboy Standing (2009) (screenplay and director)[1]
- The Good Son (2011) (writer and director)[1]
- Miami (2017) (writer and director)[1]
- Maria’s Paradise (2019) (director)[1][8]
- Tove (2020) (director)[1]
- Kristal (2020) (short) (writer and director)[1][9]
Personal life
Bergroth has a sister, writer Aina Bergroth, and her mother is the painter Marjatta Tapiola.[10]
See also
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