Antti J. Jokinen

Antti Jokinen is a Finnish music video and film director, known for movies as The Purge (2012) and The Midwife (2015), as well as having directed music videos for artists and bands like Céline Dion, Beyoncé, Korn and Nightwish. Jokinen attended East Carolina University on a basketball scholarship and later graduated with a major in broadcast and film. He is married to Finnish actress Krista Kosonen.

Purge (2012)

Aliide experienced The Great Terror under Stalin’s regime, and decades after her hometown people were deported to Siberia, she lives alone in an isolated house. One night, she finds a young woman in her yard – Zara has just escaped from the claws of the Russian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti J. Jokinen
CAST:  Laura Birn  •  Liisi Tandefelt  •  Amanda Pilke  •  Peter Franzén

Aliide experienced The Great Terror under Stalin’s regime, and decades after her hometown people were deported to Siberia, she lives alone in an isolated house. One night, she finds a young woman in her yard – Zara has just escaped from the claws of the Russian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti J. Jokinen
CAST:  Laura Birn  •  Liisi Tandefelt  •  Amanda Pilke  •  Peter Franzén

Nightwish: End of an Era (2006)

End of an Era is a BluRay, DVD and double CD from the Finnish symphonic metal Nightwish. Recorded at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland on October 21st. 2005, the final concert of a long worldwide tour for their album Once. During the concert the band was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti J. Jokinen
CAST:  Tarja Turunen  •  Emppu Vuorinen  •  Marco Hietala  •  Jukka Nevalainen

End of an Era is a BluRay, DVD and double CD from the Finnish symphonic metal Nightwish. Recorded at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland on October 21st. 2005, the final concert of a long worldwide tour for their album Once. During the concert the band was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti J. Jokinen
CAST:  Tarja Turunen  •  Emppu Vuorinen  •  Marco Hietala  •  Jukka Nevalainen

The Resident (2011)

Juliet, a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her husband. It's got spacious rooms, a spectacular view, and a handy, handsome landlord. But there are secrets behind every wall and terror in every room ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti J. Jokinen
CAST:  Christopher Lee  •  Lee Pace  •  Hilary Swank  •  Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Juliet, a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her husband. It's got spacious rooms, a spectacular view, and a handy, handsome landlord. But there are secrets behind every wall and terror in every room ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti J. Jokinen
CAST:  Christopher Lee  •  Lee Pace  •  Hilary Swank  •  Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Flowers of Evil (2016)

Unrest breaks out in eastern Helsinki as a Finnish family man gets hospitalized in the summer of 2015. Gangs of young people are burning down cars and public buildings, confronting the security guards and the riot police. The narrative goes backwards, towards the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti J. Jokinen
CAST:  Juno  •  Mikael Gabriel  •  Viljami Nojonen  •  Eero Aho

Unrest breaks out in eastern Helsinki as a Finnish family man gets hospitalized in the summer of 2015. Gangs of young people are burning down cars and public buildings, confronting the security guards and the riot police. The narrative goes backwards, towards the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti J. Jokinen
CAST:  Juno  •  Mikael Gabriel  •  Viljami Nojonen  •  Eero Aho

The Midwife (2015)

Helena has worked as a kind of midwife on the eve of the Lapland War. She wants to leave everything behind, and a suitable opportunity arises when she falls in love with a German-Finnish officer Johannes, who is leaving to German-led Titovka prison camp in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti J. Jokinen
CAST:  Krista Kosonen  •  Lauri Tilkanen  •  Pirkka-Pekka Petelius  •  Leea Klemola

Helena has worked as a kind of midwife on the eve of the Lapland War. She wants to leave everything behind, and a suitable opportunity arises when she falls in love with a German-Finnish officer Johannes, who is leaving to German-led Titovka prison camp in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti J. Jokinen
CAST:  Krista Kosonen  •  Lauri Tilkanen  •  Pirkka-Pekka Petelius  •  Leea Klemola

Nightwish: Bye Bye Beautiful (2008)

In the video for "Bye Bye Beautiful", the four male members of the band are replaced by four female models throughout the verses. Despite speculation, Holopainen said in a Finnish interview that the female doubles in this video have nothing to do with the removal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti J. Jokinen
CAST:  Tuomas Holopainen  •  Marco Hietala  •  Jukka Nevalainen  •  Emppu Vuorinen

In the video for "Bye Bye Beautiful", the four male members of the band are replaced by four female models throughout the verses. Despite speculation, Holopainen said in a Finnish interview that the female doubles in this video have nothing to do with the removal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti J. Jokinen
CAST:  Tuomas Holopainen  •  Marco Hietala  •  Jukka Nevalainen  •  Emppu Vuorinen

Nightwish: Nemo (2004)

Nemo Video and The Making Of Nemo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti J. Jokinen
CAST:  Tuomas Holopainen  •  Marco Hietala  •  Emppu Vuorinen  •  Jukka Nevalainen

Nemo Video and The Making Of Nemo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti J. Jokinen
CAST:  Tuomas Holopainen  •  Marco Hietala  •  Emppu Vuorinen  •  Jukka Nevalainen

Helene (2020)

Year 1915. Helene Schjerfbeck lives as a forgotten artist with her elderly mother in the countryside. It has been years since the last exhibit, and Helene continues to paint only because of her passion. Everything changes when art dealer finds Helen and her 159 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti J. Jokinen
CAST:  Laura Birn  •  Johannes Holopainen  •  Pirkko Saisio  •  Eero Aho

Year 1915. Helene Schjerfbeck lives as a forgotten artist with her elderly mother in the countryside. It has been years since the last exhibit, and Helene continues to paint only because of her passion. Everything changes when art dealer finds Helen and her 159 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti J. Jokinen
CAST:  Laura Birn  •  Johannes Holopainen  •  Pirkko Saisio  •  Eero Aho

Kullervo

Kullervo, mistreated, goes to war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti J. Jokinen
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Kullervo, mistreated, goes to war.  (more)

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