Susanna Salonen Explained

Susanna Salonen
Birth Place:	Lahti, Finland
Nationality:	Finnish
Occupation:	Film director, writer, cinematographer
Notable Works:	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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: P A T O N G    G I R L  ✭  F I L M. www.patong-girl.com. 2019-11-04.
2. Web site: Preisträger - Grimme-Preis. www.grimme-preis.de. 2019-11-04.
3. Web site: Arctic Drift. 2021-12-09. www.pbs.org. en-US.
4. Web site: Hopewell. John. 2021-10-08. Fremantle Sells Banner Factual Original ‘Arctic Drift: A Year In the Ice’ to 170 Territories (EXCLUSIVE). 2021-12-10. Variety. en-US.