Waltteri Vanhanen
Film Editor
ABOUT
Waltteri Vanhanen is a Finnish film editor born in 1990. He began by producing and editing music videos and directing two short documentaries Riding Waves of Winter Gloom & Dog Days. In 2015 he moved to Copenhagen to join Final Cut for Real and worked there as an assistant editor on several films, including Oscar nominated Strong Island, and FLEE. In 2017 Waltteri, together with Janus Billeskov Jansen, edited his first feature length documentary Angels Are Made of Light, which premiered at TIFF. In 2019 Waltteri moved to London for a Master's degree in film editing at The National Film and Television School. He graduated in 2021 and has since edited a feature documentary The New Greatness Case, been an assembly editor on Drift, and an assistant editor on Sebastian, among other shorter projects. He splits most of his working time between Helsinki and London.
EDITING WORK
2022
The New Greatness Case 1h 32 min
dir. Anna Shishova (feature documentary)
Zurich Film Festival - Best International Documentary
2021
Fireworks - Behind The Scenes 25min (5 episodes)
dir. Gardar Thor Thorkelsson
(Behind the scenes documentary)
2021
Last Orders 23 min
dir. Hannah Skolnick (short documentary)
NFTS Production, not yet released
2020
Secrets of the Salamanders 27 min
dir. Madelaine Westwood
Premiered at Wildlife Conservation Film Festival
2020
An Angel Walked Through the Room 24 min
dir. Aleksander Brask (short documentary)
NFTS Production, not yet released
2020
Mute Milton 17 min
dir. Lisa Clarkson (short)
NFTS Production, not yet released
2020
Waves 16 min
dir. Margarita Milne (short)
In The Palace IFF 2021 - Student Competition selection
2018
Angels Are Made of Light 127 min
dir. James Longley (feature documentary)
Camden International Film Festival - Harrell Award
Premiered at TIFF, Telluride, NYFF
2013
Dog Days 53 min
director and editor: Waltteri Vanhanen (with Janne Vartia)
Not released.
2012
Riding Waves of Winter Gloom 10 min
director and editor: Waltteri Vanhanen (with Janne Vartia)
Madswell Surf Film Festival - Best Emerging Talent
ASSEMBLY & ASSISTANT EDITOR WORK
2020
Songs of Repression 1h 28 min
dir. Marianne Hougen-Moraga, Estephan Wagner (documentary)
Assistant editor
EDUCATION