Antti Jokinen

In 2015, Jokinen is starting to film his second English film, The Criminal. According to Hollywood Reporter, Keanu Reeves is playing the lead in the film.

In 2014, Jokinen started working on the Finnish film Wildeye, which premiered in Finland in 2015.

While directing The Resident, Jokinen had started to gain funding for a film called Nicholas North. The shooting was set to start in 2010 in Finland. Finnish press reported that Julianne Moore has been cast to play the lead. It was reported in the press that the budget for the film would be 16 million euros.

In the spring of 2009, Jokinen started to shoot his first full-length film, The Resident, starring Hilary Swank and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. The film was released in March 2011.

Jokinen was engaged to Finnish chef Sara La Fountain. After moving to Finland, Jokinen met a Finnish actress, Krista Kosonen. Later on, Jokinen cast Kosonen to play the leading role in his upcoming film, Kätilö. Jokinen started his career by directing sport broadcasts for the Finnish Broadcasting Company in Finland: He landed the job because his father, Juha Jokinen is one of the most well known sport journalists in Finland. Jokinen has a son with Niina Kurkinen, a Finnish model. Jokinen and Kurkinen had a relationship in the early 2000s. Kurkinen landed one of her first roles in the Finnish TV series Kirjava Silta in 2000, directed by Jokinen and produced by Markus Selin, and Solar Films.

After moving back to Finland, Jokinen directed the drama film Puhdistus, which is set in Estonia, and based upon Sofi Oksanen's book Purge. The film was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. Once again, the film was produced by Markus Selin and Solar Films.

Antti Jokinen (born 26 April 1968) is a Finnish music video and film director, as well as a former college basketball player.