Born: 1963, Helsinki, Finland
Current location: Helsinki, Finland
Studies at Helsinki University / Swedish litterature 1986-88
Career highlights
Director/journalist/camera/edit/music for “Adress: New York”
– a 4 x 30 min documentary series for YLE (National Finnish TV).
Director/journalist/camera/edit/music for "Wolf"
– a 30 min documentary for YLE (National Finnish TV).
Director/journalist/camera/edit/music for “Odysseus – NU!”
– a 60 min lyrical documentary for YLE (National Finnish TV).
Director/journalist/camera/edit/music for “Hoppet”
Director/journalist/camera/edit/music for “Adress: Rom”
– a 4 x 30 min documentary series for YLE (National Finnish TV).
Director/journalist/camera/edit/music for “Adress: Barcelona”
– a 4 x 30 min documentary series for YLE (National Finnish TV).
Director/journalist/camera/edit/music for “Adress: Paris”
– a 4 x 30 min documentary series for YLE (National Finnish TV).
Director/journalist/camera/edit/music for “Adress: London”
– a 4 x 30 min documentary series for YLE (National Finnish TV).
Director/journalist/camera/edit/music for “Adress: Berlin”
– a 4 x 30 min documentary series for YLE (National Finnish TV).
Co-producer/director/journalist/co-edit/music for “Göran Schildt – den ogenerade individualisten” – a tv-documentary about author/sailor/war veteran Göran Schildt (Filmed in Greece and Finland, aired in Sweden sept -06 on SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster).
Producer/director/journalist/camera/edit/music for “The Tall Ships Race – a promotional video produced for the British organization Sail Training International, the arrangers of the Tall Ships Race.
Producer/director/journalist/camera/edit/edit/music for “Alexander von Humboldt” – a promotional film of the German tall ship”Alexander von Humboldt”. Produced for Deutsche Stiftung Sail Training
Director/journalist/camera/editor/music for several short films of different cities in the U.S.A (New York, New Orleans, Nashville, Las Vegas) in YLE:s series “Dynamo”
Director/journalist/camera/edit for several inserts in YLE:s talkshow “Magnet”
Co-screenwriter for “En dag med Dennis” - an episode in a TV-comedy series “Kaverille ei jätetä”, produced by one Finlands most famous TV-personalities Mr. Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
Director/camera/edit of short-videos for one of the major finnish travel agencies, SMT. Shot in Prague, Wien and Budapest.
Director/journalist/camera/edit/music of “Tvä blåbär i äppelpajen” - a short tv-documentary about New York, aired on YLE.
Release of the second album “Monsuunimaileja” / Beehive/K-Tel -98 (songs written, produced, & performed by MI)
Music for YLE TV-series Wunderbra, Neon
Release of the first album “Kultalankaa” / EMI Finland – 94 (songs written & performed by MI)
Job history
Singer/Songwriter 1985 -
Freelance radiojournalist 1988 – 2001 (Finnish national radio YLE, local radio stations Radio Syke, Radio City)
Freelance TV-Producer/director/journalist/cameraman/editor/songwriter 1999 - (Finnish national TV broadcaster YLE, different organizations)
Production Company Kaleido Martin Ilmoni Productions starts it's activity 2005.
Scholarships
Svenska Kulturfonden: for musical activity
ProFilm: for co-writing the screenplay “Fem dagar på Gotland”
Svenska Kulturfonden: for pre-production of “The Archipelago Odyssey”
Svenska Kulturfonden: for production of a new album
Konstsamfundet for the production of Odysseus - Nu!
Svenska Kulturfondent for the production of Odysseus - Nu!
Konstsamfundet for the screenplay for Brev&Blogg
