I Decided That, Somehow, I Had To

Several Times We Were Stranded In Strange Places Without Any Money And With Our Credit Cards Cancelled - Trapped In A Hotel That We Couldn't Check Out Of Because We Had No Money To Check Out.

I Was Making Films When I Was About 12 Years Old - Super-8 Films.

A Government Institution Called The Finnish Film Foundation Funds Filmmaking There, And I Wrote Several Screenplays But Never Got Any Money. They Were Sent Back To Me, And They Said That They Were Too Commercial For Them.

Sometimes You Get Involved In A Film Because You Just Love Making Movies And You Want To Keep Working. Sometimes You're Lucky Enough To Find Something That You Really Care About. Therefore, Now I'm Emphasizing Developing My Own Projects And Writing My Own Screenplays, So That I Can Do Exactly What I Like To Do.

I Became A Real Shell Motor Oil Expert, And I Did This 25-minute Film. It Turned Out Really Well And, As A Result, They Offered Me More Work And Lots Of Commercials To Direct.