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CURRICULUME
VITAE:
producer
MARKKU
FLINK
Personal
status:
born
1964
in
Oulu,
Finland;
married;
father
of
one
Contacts:
Markku
Flink
Address:
Työpajankatu
2b
E,
00580
Helsinki
Tel
+358
(0)40
5166
504,
markku@periferiaproductions.fi,
markku@luminoir.fi
Markku
Flink
joined
Periferia
in
2008
as
producer
and
started
to
run
the
company
during
2014.
In
2015
established
Markku
Luminoir
Oy
together
with
Pauli
Pentti.
Markku
has
produced
and
directed
films
in
the
Nordic
countries
since
the
1990’s.
Flink
graduated
as
a
documentary
film
director
in
Norway
in
1993.
In
addition,
he
has
participated
several
other
Media
workshops,
such
as
ACE
‐
Ateliers
du
Cinéma
Européen
(2013‐2014),
EAVE
2004,
European
TV
Drama
Series
Lab
(2015),
Eave
Plus
Film
Marketing
Workshop
2010,
Eave
Plus
Film
Financing
Forum
2009,
SOURCES
2
script
mentor
–
training
(feature
film)
2009,
SOURCES
2
Project
&
Processes,
script
mentor
–
training
(documentary
film),
2009,
SOURCES
2
Compact
2006,
writing
for
tv‐series
and
Future
TV
Workshop
‐
Sagas
Writing
Interactive
Fiction,
2003.
In
1999,
Flink
founded
a
regional
film
fund
and
a
film
commission
in
Oulu.
He
acted
as
the
Executive
Director
of
POEM
1999‐2008.
During
these
years
POEM
developed,
co‐produced
and
co‐financed
around
100
films:
shorts
&
docs,
tv‐series
and
feature
films.
POEM
was
also
an
active
partner
with
several
projects
in
Technopolis
Oulu
in
developing
and
creating
content
for
mobile
devices.
Markku
was
a
member
of
the
board
of
the
National
Cinema
Council
on
periods
2004‐2006
and
2007‐2009.
The
Council
is
an
expert
body
of
Ministry
of
Education
and
Culture
in
Finland.
Markku
is
an
active
member
of
the
Central
Organisation
of
the
Finnish
Film
Producers
and
ACE
Producers
Network.
FILM
AND
MEDIA
(selected)
CEO
(2015‐
)
Luminoir
Oy.
www.luminoir.fi
CEO
(2014‐
)
Periferia
Productions,
www.periferiaproductions.fi
Producer
(2008‐
)
Periferia
Productions,
www.periferiaproductions.fi
CV:
Markku
Flink
(FIN)
7.11.2014
‐
1/3
Executive
director/CEO
POEM
‐
Northern
film
and
media
centre.
Regional
film
fund
and
film
(1999‐2008)
commission
office
of
Oulu
region
and
Northern
Ostrobothnia,
Finland.
Festival
Director
(2002)
Nordic
Panorama
‐
5
Cities
Film
Festival
is
a
main
short
and
documentary
film
festival
which
rotates
between
five
Nordic
cities
Malmö
(SWE),
Reykjavik
(IS),
Bergen
(NOR),
Århus
(DK),
Oulu
(FIN).
Researcher
1998‐99
The
Ministry
of
Education
and
Culture.
Task:
an
international
comparative
study
on
the
regional
film
fund
and
production
activities
in
Europe
(UK,
Ireland,
France,
Germany,
Sweden,
Norway)
Full‐time
teacher
1996‐99
Helsinki
collage
of
art
and
communication
Oulu
school
of
crafts
and
art,
film
and
tv
department.
Subjects:
dramaturgy,
manuscript,
direction,
theory
of
editing,
tv‐
and
film
analysis
Script
advisor
2001‐2008
Selected
European
and
Scandinavian
short
films
and
docs
STUDIES
Documentary
film.
Möre
and
Romsdal
regional
college,
Norway
1994.
College
education
including
a
two‐year’s
unit
of
media
and
journalism
studies
and
a
third
year
of
advanced
studies
which
deepens
the
knowledge
of
documentary.
Practical
training
in
Kalla
Fakta
‐documentaries,
Sweden’s
TV4.
Television
production/basic
examination,
University
of
Bergen,
Norway
1992.
Production
for
broadcasting,
theory
and
practice,
final
master
production.
The
Faculty
of
Social
sciences,
University
of
Tampere,
Finland
1987‐
,
Bachelor
of
Social
Sciences
(not
completed).
Sosiology,
media
and
studies
in
politics.
COMPLEMENTARY
EDUCATION
(Scriptwriting,
producing
&
directing,
business)
European
TV
Drama
Series
Lab
2015,
two
workhops
in
Berlin,
arranged
by
Erich Pommer
Institut (Germany) in associaction with MediaXchange (UK).
ACE
‐
Ateliers
du
Cinéma
Européen
2013‐2014,
workhops
in
Paris,
Halle
and
Tbilisi.
Eave
Plus
Film
Marketing
Workshop
2010,
Luxembourg
1.‐5.12.2010
Eave
Plus
Film
Financing
Forum
2009,
Luxembourg
3.‐5.4.2009
EAVE
Europe
Audiovisual
2004.
An
innovative
professional
training
programme
developing
the
skills
of
European
film,
television
and
documentary
producers.
Training
is
arranged
in
3
workshops;
in
Athens
(Greece),
Oulu
(Finland)
and
in
Budapest
(Hungary).
Training
for
managing
directors
2002‐2004.
A
leadership
in
a
company
‐
working
with
people,
strategic
and
operative
management,
R&D
Center
in
the
Northern
Ostrobothnia,
Oulu.
CV:
Markku
Flink
(FIN)
7.11.2014
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2/3
SOURCES
2
script
mentor
–
training
(feature
film),
Potsdam/Germany
14.‐22.11.2009.
SOURCES
2
Project
&
Processes,
script
mentor
–
training
(documentary
film),
Malmö,
Sweden
1.‐5.10.2009
and
Amsterdam
23.11.2009
SOURCES
2
Compact
2006,
writing
for
tv‐series,
EU/Media+
&
Sources
2.
Future
TV
Workshop
‐
Sagas
Writing
Interactive
Fiction,
2003
in
Munich.
Exploring
the
potential
for
interactive,
participatory
TV
programming
based
on
storytelling.
Content
Creation
Industry
and
International
markets
1999‐2001.
International
training
programme
for
creative
industries
arranged
by
Fintra
and
the
Ministry
of
Trade.
Scriptwriting
in
short
and
long
tv‐series,
sitcom
and
writing
prose
1998.
One
year’s
programme
arranged
by
the
University
of
Jyväskylä
in
Finland.
Teachers:
scriptwriters
Leena
Virtanen
and
Jukka
Asikainen
(FIN).
'Docs
without
Frontiers'
6.‐8.8.1996,
Co‐Productions
for
international
markets,
arranged
by
European
Film
School,
Ebeltoft/Denmark.
Film
manuscript,
international
productions.
University
of
Bergen
1995.
Workshop
in
making
international
film
manuscripts.
Teacher:
American
professor
in
film
and
literature,
author
and
scriptwriter
Andrew
Horton,
New
Orleans.
Producing
documentaries.
University
of
Industrial
Art
and
Design,
Film
&
television
dept.,
complementary
training
1.‐12.2.1993,
arranged
by
Finnish
Film
Foundation
and
AVEK.
Scriptwriting
for
film.
University
of
Industrial
Art
and
Design,
Film
&
television
dept.
1992‐1993.
Teachers:
scriptwriters
Jukka
Asikainen
and
Heikki
Vuento
(FIN).
CV:
Markku
Flink
(FIN)
7.11.2014
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3/3