Susanna Salonen was born in Finnland in 1966 and she was raised mostly in Germany. After working in lighting and camera departments for several years, she has been working as documentary camerawoman since 1996. Several films were shown on reknown film festivals, e.g. the Berlin film festival. Besides camerawork, she also directs. Her fictional debut as a director, Patong Girl, won the prestigious „Grimme“ Award in Germany.
Languages
Finnish (fluent) | English (fluent) | French (basic) | some Swedish | some Japanese
Special Skills
Scuba diving (PADI Instructor) | Drone
Selected Credits
Arctic Drift | feature documentary | D: Philipp Griess, Ashley Morris | P: Ufa show & factual & Freemantle | Germany, UK | 2021
Die große Reise, Seyran Ates… | feature documentary | D: Güner Balci | P: Tellux / ZDF | Germany |2017
North Korea between… | feature documentary | D: Carmen Butta | P: Hanfgarn & Ufer | Germany | 2013
The Ayrans | feature documentary | D: Mo Asumang | P: Hanfgarn & Ufer | Germany | 2012
Beziehungsweisen | feature documentary | D: Calle Overweg | P: 3sat | Germany | 2010
Man For A Day | feature documentary | D: Katarina Peters | P: Katarina Peters | Germany | 2010
Red & Blues | feature documentary | D: S.Salonen | P: Hanfgarn & Ufer | Germany | 2006
