Susanna Salonen

Finnish-German film director

Susanna Salonen
Born	Lahti, Finland
Nationality	Finnish
Occupation(s)	Film director, writer, cinematographer
Notable work	Patong Girl
Website	salonen.de

Susanna Salonen is a Finnish-German film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Born in 1966 in Finland, Salonen grew up in Lübeck and trained as a camerawoman in Berlin. She has shot several award-winning documentaries, and written and directed fiction films. Her fiction debut Patong Girl^[1] won the prestigious German Grimme award in 2016.^[2] Salonen is a member of the German film academy.

In 2020, she filmed in the central Arctic during the MOSAiC Expedition on German research-icebreaker Polarstern for the international documentary Arctic Drift on climate change research in the Arctic.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "P A T O N G G I R L ✭ F I L M". www.patong-girl.com. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
^ "Preisträger - Grimme-Preis". www.grimme-preis.de. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
^ "Arctic Drift". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
^ Hopewell, John (2021-10-08). "Fremantle Sells Banner Factual Original 'Arctic Drift: A Year In the Ice' to 170 Territories (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-10.