Our top class 2nd AD Aino is one of the few AD’s from Finland who’ve worked abroad and been able to evolve her skills towards international, larger scale productions. For many 1sts Aino has been the perfect right hand making sure everything outside the set is in order and elements for the coming shooting days truly will be present as requested. She’s used to adapt to different needs and is already familiar of most of Nordic and Baltic working conditions. She’s seen both massive and small production offices and gets easily into different workflows. 

Though Aino has an extensive experience working in the office (or a trailer in the unit base) she’s also done a fair share of set work. She’s gathered knowledge of running the set and managing crowds as well as of transportation duties and drafting risk assessment forms. All this makes her understanding of the daily planning even better. As a person she’s extremely focused, detail-oriented and loyal – many of our newcomers look up to her as their role model. 

Aino has seen how the industry works from multiple angles as she’s also worked as film a teacher in multiple countries (and founded her own film education company Walk & Talk with her colleague Iiris Orasmaa), helped out on marketing and promoting films in international film markets and managed multiple short form projects as a hands on Producer. As she’s now finished her MA in Film production she’s also interested to use her wide skillset on any long term opportunities in producing. We’d be sorry to see her leaving the AD game – but more than excited to start collaborating with her as a Producer. 

Education details

BA in Film & TV Producing / Aalto University – ELO Film School / Graduated 2022
MA in Film & TV Producing / Aalto University – ELO Film School / Graduating 2025
Production Value Workshop / Focal / Completed in 2024

Additional BA studies Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in years 2016-2017

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Selected works

Feature Films

AS A 1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Arrú / It’s Alive Films, STÆR AS / TBA – dir. Elle Sofe Sara

AS A 2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

The Entertainment System Is Down / Plattform Produktion / TBC – dir. Ruben Östlund – currently filming
Black Crab / Indio Film, Netflix Studios / 2022 – dir. Adam Berg
Memory of Water / Bufo, Allfilm, Pandora Film, Mer Film / 2022 – dir. Saara Saarela
Syke – Hätätila / Yellow Film & TV / 2021 – dir. Tony Laine – as Production Planner
Sorjonen – Mural Murders / Fisher King Production / 2021 – dir. Juuso Syrjä

AS A 3RD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (CROWD CASTING & MANAGEMENT)

Ricky the Rapper and the Strongman / Solar Films / 2019 – dir. Markus Lehmusruusu

AS A PRODUCTION COORDINATOR

Maria’s Paradise / Komeetta Filmi / 2019 – dir. Zaida Bergroth – Finnish Unit

TV Series

AS A 1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Supporting Actor / Endemol Shine Finland / 2025 – dir. Niklas Lindgren
Zone B / Elokuvayhtiö Aamu / 2022 – dir. Juho Kuosmanen, Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, Siiri Halko

AS A 2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Dance Brothers / Endemol Shine / 2023 – dir. Taito Kawata – also Production Planning
Cold Courage / Luminoir, Potemkino Port, Vigo Films, Saga Film Nordic / 2019 – dir. Kadir Ferati Balci, Agneta Fagerström – Finnish Unit
Syke S7 / Yellow Film & TV / 2019 – dir. Tony Laine, Annika Grof – credited as Production Schedulist
Syke S8 / Yellow Film & TV / 2019 – dir. Tony Laine, Annika Grof – credited as Production Schedulist

AS A 3RD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

All the Sins S1 / Matila Röhr Productions / 2019 – dir. Mika Ronkainen – Helsinki Unit

Short Films

AS A PRODUCER

Written by AI / YLE / 2024 – dir. Ada Johnsson
Nesting / ELO Film School / 2021 – dir. Siiri Halko
Hiljaisuus / ELO Film School / 2020 – dir. Saara Hakkarainen – short form documentary
Katharsis Oy / ELO Film School / 2020 – dir. Siiri Halko
Sokkotreffit / Mutant Koala / 2018 – dir. Max Ovaska