BIO/ CV

Olli Huhtanen CV/BIO 11/2025

Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor, Composer

Born 22.06.1966

Education: Master of Arts 1998, University of Industrial Arts And Design Helsinki - today known as Aalto University/School of Art, Design and Architecture.

Working experience: 34 years

Member of The European Film Academy (EFA)

National Academy Award

WON - 2012 ”Jussi” Award for best sound design for film ”Hiljaisuus” aka ”The Silence”, directed by Sakari Kirjavainen, prod. Cineworks Oy

NOMINEE - 2002 ”Jussi” Award for best sound design for film ”Cyclomania”, directed by Simo Halinen, prod. Blind Spot Pictures Oy

NOMINEE - 2020 "Jussi" Award for best sound design - "Baby Jane", dir. Katja Gauriloff, prod. Oktober Oy

NOMINEE - 2024 ”Jussi” Award for best sound design for film ”Havumetsän Lapset” aka ”Once Upon A Time In Forest”, directed by Virpi Suutari, prod by Euphoria Films Oy

Olli’s curriculum as a sound designer consists of a wide repertoire of projects. From mainstream fiction to composing soundscapes for contemporary artists. Between those extremes there have been many kinds of a projects of many sizes and budgets. (Fictions, documentaries, shorts).

As a composer Olli has done music for short films, additional music for documentaries and scored tv-series.

Some recent sound design works:

Features

”Risto Räppääjä ja kaksoisolento” aka Ricky Rapper And The Doppelganger, dir by Samuel Harjanne, prod by Sorlar Films Inc 2025

”Heinähattu, Vilttitossu ja Ärhäkkä Koululainen”, dir. Lenka Hellstedt, prod Yellow Film and TV 2020

” Baby Jane”, dir. Katja Gauriloff, Prod. Oktober Oy(FIN) 2019

”Varasto 2” aka ”The Storage 2”, dir. Taru Mäkelä, prod. Kinosto Oy(FIN) 2018

”Kaikki Oikein” aka ”Winning Ticket”, dir. Lenka Hellstedt, prod. Solar Films Inc(FIN) 2018

”Mannerlaatta” aka ”Tectonic Plate”, a feature length camera-less lettrist film about the fear of flying, security checks and time zones, dir. Mika Taanila, prod. Testifilmi Oy(FIN) 2017

TV-Series

“Kosto” aka “Revenge”, dir. Matti Kinnunen, prod Moskito Television 2024, both sound design and music

”Poromafia” aka ”Reindeer Mafia”, dir. Mika Kurvinen, prod. Kaiho Republic 2023

”Rosvopankki” aka ”The Invincibles”, dir. Matti Kinnunen, prod. Moskito Television 2022

both sound design and music

”Helsinki Syndrome”, show runner Miikko Oikkonen, prod. Fisher King, Beta Film 2022

“Rahti aka “Cargo”, dir. Matti Kinnunen, prod. Fremantle Finland 2021

both sound design and music

”Invisible Heroes”, dir. Mika Kurvinen & Alicia Scherson, prod. Kaiho Republic(FIN), Parox S.L.A(CL) with YLE, Chilevision TV, CNTV Foundation 2019

Documentaries

”Havumetsän Lapset” aka ”Once Upon A Time In The Forest”, dir Virpi Suutari, prod by Euphoria Films Oy 2024

”Viisi Valittua” aka ” First Five”, dir Mia Halme, Prod. FremantleMedia 2023

” 10 Kirjettä Tulevaisuuteen” aka 10 letters to The Future, dir. Poikkeustilatyöryhmä,

prod. BonsaiFilms Oy 2023

” Missä Tiet Kohtaavat” aka ”People We Come Across”, dir. Mia Halme, prod. Napa Films 2022

”Aalto”, dir. Virpi Suutari, Prod. Euphoria Films Oy 2020

”Humanity On Trial”, dir. Jonas Bruun, prod. Hansen og Pedersen Film(DK), Filmimaa(FIN) 2019

”Blue Breath”, dir Rodrigo Areias, prod. Bando Aparte(PT) Oktober Oy(FIN) 2018

”Kuutyttö” aka ”Moonchild”, dir. Anna Korhonen, prod. Illume Oy(FIN) 2018

”Yrittäjä” aka ” Enterpreneur”, dir. Virpi Suutari, prod. Oktober Oy(FIN) 2018

”Old Marine Boy”, dir. Jin Mo-young, prod. My Love Films(KR), Illume Oy(FIN) 2017

”Language of Silence”, dir. Frans Huhta Karlsson, prod. MantaRayFilm(SWE), October Oy(FIN) 2017

Shorts (fictions, documentaries, experimental)

“Blue Honda Civic”, dir. Jussi Eerola, prod. Testifilmi Oy 2020

”The Fantastic”, dir. Maija Blåfield, Prod. Häivekuva Oy 2020

"Muovisydän" aka "Plastic Heart", Mika Taanila`s immersive sound installation for Futuro House 50 years exhibition in EMMA, Espoo museum of modern art 2019

”Valtakunnat” aka ”Realms”, dir. Patrik Söderlund(IC-98), a short film about geological epochs, kingdoms of life and mass extinctions, prod. Testifilmi Oy 2018

"Tuhoamisesta ja Säilyttämisestä” aka ”On Destruction and Preservation”, experimental documentary consisting of consecutive stories, dir. Maija Blåfield, prod. Häivekuva Oy 2017

”Eleganssi” aka ”Elegance”, dir. Virpi Suutari, prod. Euphoria Films Oy(FIN), 2015