Markku Heikkinen

Markku Heikkinen (b. 1966, Kajaani, Finland) studied sociology and philosophy at the University of Tampere in 1987–1992, film directing at the University of Art and Design Helsinki since 1999 and graduated from documentary directing in 2006. Heikkinen has worked as a freelance TV and radio journalist for Yle since 1986 and as a freelancer documentarist since 1993. He was the president of the Finnish Documentary Guild in 2004–2005.