Taru Mäkelä
Directing · Assistant Editor · Director · Adaptation
Born Apr 1, 1959 · Tampere, Finland
Active 1986–present · Awards: Finnish National Prize
Taru Mäkelä is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. She started her career in the 1980s working for the Finnish Broadcasting Company.
Filmography
Sunset Grove (2025) — DirectorIsku vasten kasvoja (1988) — Script SupervisorLotat (1995) — Director · WriterThe Storage (2011) — Director · Executive ProducerDavid – Stories of Honour and Shame (1997) — Director · WriterFreakin' Beautiful World (1997) — Papun böönaNäkemiin, hyvästi (1986) — Assistant EditorTäydellinen joulu (2019) — DirectorLittle Sister (1999) — DirectorAugust Fools (2013) — Director · Executive ProducerThe Undressing (1986) — toimittaja helikopterin laskeutumispaikalla (uncredited) · Assistant DirectorViru. Embassy of Freedom (2013) — Co-Producer · ScriptJumalia ei uhmata (1988) — SatuKulkuset kulkuset (2022) — Director · AdaptationThe Storage 2 (2018) — Executive Producer · DirectorEila, Rampe and Baby Girl (2014) — Director · Executive ProducerÄlä itke Iines (1987) — Script SupervisorThe Unknown Woman (2011) — ProducerViru - tarinoita hotellista (2013) — Director