T.J. Särkkä

Biography

Toivo Jalmari Särkkä (20 November 1890, Mikkeli – 9 February 1975, Helsinki), born Toivo Hjalmar Silén, was a Finnish film producer and director. Before his career in filmmaking, Särkkä worked as a bank manager and chairman in Kotimainen Työ, an organization promoting Finnish work and products. After the death of Erkki Karu, founder and owner of Suomen Filmiteollisuus, Särkkä became the CEO thus producing 233 and directing 49 feature films. In 1965, when Finnish film industry was in difficulties due to the coming of television, Särkkä initiated bankruptcy of Suomen Filmiteollisuus. He was CEO of the production company Suomen Filmiteollisuus. Särkkä married Russian-Lithuanian Margariitta Beljavsky in 1914. They had one daughter. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Directed

1. Preludes to Ecstasy (1961) — Director
2. Kaivopuiston kaunis Regina (1941) — Director
3. Kulkurin valssi (1941) — Director
4. The Milkmaid (1953) — Director
5. Kovaa peliä Pohjolassa (1959) — Director
6. Lapatossu (1937) — Director
7. Katupeilin takana (1949) — Director
8. Rakas lurjus (1955) — Director
9. Helmikuun manifesti (1939) — Director
10. Tanssi yli hautojen (1950) — Director
11. Naiskohtaloita (1947) — Director
12. Kaikenlaisia vieraita (1936) — Director
13. 1918 (1957) — Director
14. Juha (1956) — Director
15. Onnellinen ministeri (1941) — Director
16. Suotorpan tyttö (1940) — Director
17. Suopursu kukkii (1947) — Director
18. Katarina kaunis leski (1950) — Director
19. Pieni luutatyttö (1958) — Director
20. Me (1961) — Director
21. Asessorin naishuolet (1937) — Director
22. Tulitikkuja lainaamassa (1938) — Director
23. Kankkulan kaivolla (1960) — Director
24. Rykmentin murheenkryyni (1938) — Director
25. Tavaratalo Lapatossu & Vinski (1940) — Director
26. Nuoruus sumussa (1946) — Director
27. Onni pyörii (1942) — Director
28. Jumalan tuomio (1939) — Director
29. Pikku pelimanni (1939) — Director
30. Serenaadi sotatorvella eli sotamies Paavosen tuurihousut (1939) — Director
31. August järjestää kaiken (1942) — Director
32. Viisi vekkulia (1956) — Director
33. Taas tapaamme Suomisen perheen (1959) — Director
34. Ihana seikkailu (1962) — Director
35. Anna Liisa (1945) — Director
36. Nuoria ihmisiä (1943) — Director
37. Suomisen perhe (1941) — Director
38. Miljoonavaillinki (1961) — Director
39. Eteenpäin – elämään (1939) — Director
40. Runon kuningas ja muuttolintu (1940) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Milkmaid (1953) — (uncredited)
2. Hilmanpäivät (1954) — (uncredited)
3. Neljästoista vieras (1948) — (uncredited)
4. Pikku pelimannista viulun kuninkaaksi (1949) — Toivo Särkkä (uncredited)
5. Uskolliset ruskeat silmät (1947)