Our Co-Founder Iiris first started filmmaking when she was in primary school and completed her first independent film after her 12th birthday. Today she’s one of Finland’s most experienced 1st AD’s – in the last years she’s ran sets in Finland, Norway, Estonia, Sweden, US, Hungary, Germany, Lithuania and Djibouti and worked with crew and production companies from UK, China, Japan, Czech, Germany, France, Iceland, Ireland, India, Denmark, Belgium and Australia. Due to her interest in global films Iiris has been focusing on international co-productions lately and wants to improve her skill set towards even bigger projects.

As a 1st AD Iiris is known to be strict yet kind. She notices quickly if there’s anything wrong in the team’s dynamics and is also very determined to fix the problems right away. She cares about her team’s wellbeing, which balances well her ambitious need to exceed everyone’s expectations. Besides her passion for details and strong on-set attitude she always prioritises safe and equal working conditions for all. Iiris in her element when resolving emergency situations and coordinating complex scenes and schedules – and considers AD’s job as being the glue holding together creative vision, production and its crew and cast.

Iiris never completed her BA but has participated further education courses such as Production Value by Focal Resource and completed 6-month leadership program Audiovisual Women by Erich Pommer Institut. Iiris has also been greatly involved in training industry newcomers for years – she’s regularly teaching in ELO Film School / Aalto University (FI) and has also lectured eg. in Greenwich University (UK), Frans Schartaus Handelsinstitut (SE), Focal (CH), Academy of Moving People and Images (FI) and Yle Finnish National Broadcasting Company. Iiris is the creator of our BBG Junior Program and BBG AD Bootcamp.

Iiris is also a member of European Film Academy, Filmiaura, European Women’s Audiovisual Network (EWA) and Women in Film and Television Finland (WIFT).

Education details

BA in Film & Television Production / TAMK University of Applied Sciences / Undergraduate
Production Value Workshop / Focal Resource / Completed in 2015
Working Together Workshop / Focal Resource / Completed in 2018
Audiovisual Women – 6 month leadership & communication program / Erich Pommer Institut / Completed in 2023
Intimate Scenes – Planning, Preparation & Collaboration Workshop / Focal Resource / Completed in 2024

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Selected works

Feature Films

Heavier Trip – Harder, Faster, Louder / Making Movies, Filmai, Heimathafen Film, Soul Food, Mutant Koala / 2024 – dir. Juuso Laatio, Jukka Vidgren
The Good Driver / Making Movies, Soul Food / 2023 – dir. Tonislav Hristov – Finnish Unit
Andra Akten / Nordisk Film Sverige / 2022 – dir. Mårten Klingberg
Black Crab / Indio Film, Netflix Studios / 2022 – dir. Adam Berg
Memory of Water / Bufo, Allfilm, Pandora Film, Mer Film / 2022 – dir. Saara Saarela
Gravedigger’s Wife / Bufo, Pyramide Production, Twenty Twenty Vision / 2021 – dir. Khadar Ahmed
The Renovation / Solar Films, Don Films / 2020 – dir. Taneli Mustonen
Iron Sky the Coming Race / Iron Sky Universe, 27 Films Production, Potemkino, 120db Films / 2019 – dir. Timo Vuorensola – Los Angeles Unit
Risto Räppääjä ja Pullistelija / Solar Films / 2019 – dir. Markus Lehmusruusu
Heavy Trip / Making Movies, Mutant Koala / 2018 – dir. Jukka Vidgren, Juuso Laatio
Night Goes Long / Sons of Lumiére / 2015 – dir. Vesa Kuosmanen, Henri Huttunen
What Became of Us / Misty Friday Films / 2009 – dir. Miika Ullakko

TV Series

Helicopter Heist / B-Reel, MovieBar, Netflix Studios / 2024 – dir. Daniel Espinosa – block #4
Paradise S3 / ReelMedia / 2023 – dir. Marja Pyykkö – script breakdown & shooting schedule
Transport S1 / Tekele Productions / 2022 – dir. Auli Mantila – script breakdown & shooting schedule
Paradise S2 / Matila Röhr Productions / 2020 – dir. Marja Pyykkö – script breakdown & shooting schedule
Cold Courage S1 / Luminoir, Potemkino Port, Vigo Films, Saga Film Nordic / 2019 – dir. Kadir Ferati Balci, Agneta Fagerström – Finnish Unit
Peacemaker S1 / Matila Röhr Productions / 2019 – dir. AJ Annila – script breakdown & shooting schedule
Paradise S1 / Matila Röhr Productions / 2019 – dir. Marja Pyykkö – script breakdown & shooting schedule

Short films

My Name Is Hope / ELO Film School / 2024 – dir. Sherwan Haji
Duck Roast / Sons of Lumieré / 2023 – dir. Jelica Jerinic
Night Stop / Kenno Filmi / 2023 – dir. Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
Crazy Crabs from Outer Space / ELO Film School / 2022 – dir. Magdaleena Jakkila
Summer of Bees / ELO Film School / 2021 – dir. Ida-Maria Olva
Night of the Living Dicks / Bufo / 2021 – dir. Ilja Rautsi
Explosion of the Swimming Ring / TACK Films / 2020 – dir. Tommi Seitajoki

Commercials

Saarioinen / Directors Guild / 2024 – dir. Jakob Ström
One Plus Hedwig / Kameron / 2023 – dir. Pekka Hara
Eckerö Line / Otto Tuotanto / 2022 – dir. Markus Virpiö
Finnair 100 / Directors Guild / 2022 – dir. Miika Vaso
S-market Elämä on ruokaa / Otto Tuotanto / 2022 & 2023 – dir. Markus Virpiö
Toyota Gazoo: Latvala Movie / Otto Tuotanto / 2017 – dir. Daisuke Kobayashi
SKODA Hockey IIHF 2017 / Directors Guild, Bistro Films / 2017 – dir. Will Mayer
Royal London / Nafta Films, Agile Films / 2017 – dir. Ben Whitehouse
Samsung x Casey Neistat: Human Flying Drone / General Population, Raw&Land Storytelling / 2016 – dir. Casey Neistat