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- Thomas August George Dome Karukoski[ 1] (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈdome ˈkɑruˌkoski]; born 29 December 1976) is a Finnish film director. He has won over 30 festival awards and having directed six feature films that became blockbusters in his home country and also received international recognition.
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Dome Karukoski. Director: Tom of Finland. Dome Karukoski moved to Finland from Cyprus, when he was 5. His mother is a Finnish journalist and his father an American actor. He is bilingual with Swedish and Finnish. He was selected to the University of Art and Design of Helsinki in 1999.
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- 1.77 m
- Nicosia, Cyprus
- Director, Producer, Actor
Feb 24, 2017 · Tom of Finland: Directed by Dome Karukoski. With Pekka Strang, Seumas F. Sargent, Chris Myland, Alf Myreen. Award-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of 20th-century gay culture.
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- Biography, Drama
- Dome Karukoski
- 2017-02-24
Thomas August George Dome Karukoski [1] (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈdome ˈkɑruˌkoski]; born 29 December 1976) is a Finnish film director. He has won over 30 festival awards and having directed six feature films that became blockbusters in his home country and also received international recognition.
The Grump and Tom of Finland seem to be a straightforward comedy and drama, respectively, but Karukoski’s oeuvre has proved the director’s agility with the two approaches as he has mixed elements of both to great effect. He is Finnish, after all, and black humor is in his veins.
Dome Karukoski. Director: Tom of Finland. Dome Karukoski moved to Finland from Cyprus, when he was 5. His mother is a Finnish journalist and his father an American actor. He is bilingual with Swedish and Finnish. He was selected to the University of Art and Design of Helsinki in 1999.
- December 29, 1976
Production company Helsinki-filmi has now announced that Dome Karukoski is now attached as director of the authorized biopic of Finnish artist Touko Laaksonen (1920–1991), the man better known as Tom of Finland.
Feb 8, 2017 · Finnish director Dome Karukoski's prize-winning biopic celebrates the cult artist who brought hardcore gay sex imagery into the mainstream.
