Klaus Härö

Klaus Härö (; born 31 March 1971 in Porvoo, Finland) is a Finnish film director. In 2004, he won Finland's State Prize for Art.

Härö grew up in a Swedish-speaking Finnish family. He studied directing and attended screen writing seminars at the University of Industrial Arts in Helsinki. He has directed several feature films, including ''Elina: As If I Wasn't There'' (2003), ''Mother of Mine'' (2005) and ''The New Man'' (2007), as well as documentaries and short films. He works in both Sweden and Finland.

In 2003 Klaus Härö received the Ingmar Bergman Award, the winner of which was chosen by Ingmar Bergman himself. Four of Härö's features were chosen as Finland's submission for the best foreign-language film category at the Oscars. Provided by Wikipedia