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CV Pauli Pentti, (1958)

Executive Producer, CEO First Floor Productions, .

Short working history in 1980's and early 1990's Pauli Pentti directed two featurefilms "Waiting for Darkness" and "Macbeth", produced a featurelength documentary "From Russia with Rock" - and worked as 1.st assistant director for Aki Kaurismäki, Mika Kaurismäki, Jim Jarmusch and Joseph Willsmaier altogether ap. in 50 films.

1995-98 worked as a film commissioner in Centre of Audiovisual Culture in Finland (AVEK - local copyright fund) financing short films and documentaries.

1998-2003 produced 400 TV-commercials and was a partner of Also Starring, the most succesful Finnish production company of commercials of all time.

2003-2006 worked as an inhouse producer for Nokia Moblephones and Multimedia

Since 2006 produced for his own company First Floor Productions

Has worked for example in Berlin, Stockholm, Rio de Janeiro, London, Paris, Norway, Malta, New York, New Orleans, Texas, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Moscow, Prague, Bukarest, Cape Town, Tampa, Miami, New York, Oslo, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Warsaw.

Curriculum

1981-1995 Villealfa Filmproductions (Kaurismäki bros) 1995-1998 Centre of Audiovisual Culture in Finland (copyright fund) 1998-1999 Woodpecker Film (TV commercials) 1999-2003 Also Starring (TV commercials) 2003-2006 Front Desk (Nokia) 2006- First Floor Productions (documentaries and feature films)

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Films produced lately

2015 Devil's Pride - Head of Production 2014 Emergency Call - A Murder Mystery, documentary Boy Upside Down - feature Battle for Rio - documentary coproduced with Pumpernickel Films Paris 2013 The Surrealist and His Naughty Hand - feature In the dark room, documentary coproduced with Pandora FilmsGMBH 2012 Naked Harbour, feature The Commissioner, documentary

In development

2016 The White Reindeer The Spear - Icelandic coproduction

Selected other filmography

As line producer

Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses 1994, The Last Border 1993 Ripa ruostuu 1993,Tigrero -A Film That Was Never Made 1993 I Hired a Contract Killer 1990

As producer

Möller - a portrait 1989, From Russia with Rock 1988

As 1st AD

Seasick 1996 , Meet Moses 1994, also line producer The Last Border 1993, also line producer Total Balalaika Show 1993, Stalingrad 1993, La vie de bohème 1992 The Prodigal Son 1992, Zombie and The Gost Train 1991, also co-writer I Hired a Contract Killer 1990, also line producer, Night On Earth 1990 1990 , Leningrad Cowboys Go America 1989 Paper Star 1989, Ariel 1988, 1987 , 1986, Crime and Punishment 1983, also co-writer The Liar 1981, also co-writer

Produced music videos for Leningrad Cowboys, Stone, Melrose, Per Gunt, Ismo Alanko, Kemopetrol, Nightwish etc. and commercials for Nokia, Finnair, IF, Sinerbrychoff etc.

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Studies

1976-1980 Helsinki University of Technology, Technical Physics 1979-1982 Helsinki University, Littearture, Philosophy, History, Journalism

Selected prizes

1981 Risto Jarva Prize ”The Liar” 1983 Jussi Prize (Finnish Oscar) Screenplay of ”Crime and Punishment” 2000 Voitto Grand Prix (Best Finnish Commercial of the Year) for Mannerheim Children Protection Union 2010 State Prize for documentary films "In the Shadow of Doubt" 2012 State Prize for feature films "Naked Harbour" 2012 Church Price in Lubeck Filmtage, "Naked Harbour"

Other

Prime Exchange India Europe co-production workshop 2011 Trans Atlantis Partners 2012 Sources 2, Training mentors for European screenwriters 2014

contact: ph. +358 50 382 2024. [email protected]

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