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Finnish film director
Vivi Friedman
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Born
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1967-05-20
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May 20, 1967
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Died
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(2012-01-02)
(aged 44)
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Occupation
| Film director
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Years active
| 1991 - 2012
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Vivi Friedman
(May 20, 1967 – January 2, 2012) was a
Finnish
film director. She produced the majority of her work in the
United States
. During her career she worked on advertisements and short films and directed a feature-length film,
The Family Tree
in 2011.
Early life and career
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Born in
Helsinki
, Finland Friedman spent her childhood years growing up in
Nummela
in southern Finland before moving to the United States to study at the
University of Rochester
in New York. She remained in the United States.
Before becoming a director she worked in several roles for television films and documentaries including roles as script supervision and location manager. She directed her first production, a television series called
Team Suomi
in 1994.
Friedman directed the short film
Certainly Not a Fairytale
in 2003 for the
Fox Searchlight
Searchlab development program. It starred
Linda Cardellini
and
Jason Segel
.
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Her sole feature-length film was the 2011 black comedy
The Family Tree
starring
Hope Davis
,
Keith Carradine
,
Dermot Mulroney
and
Selma Blair
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Personal life and death
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Friedman was in a long-term relationship with Steven Kaminsky, a post production supervisor.
She died on January 2, 2012, after a long battle with cancer aged 44.
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Filmography
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Feature films
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Short films
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- Certainly Not a Fairytale (2003)
Television series
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References
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External links
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