Erkki Pohjanheimo
{{short description|Finnish television producer and director (born 1942)}}
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Erkki Pohjanheimo (born 28 January 1942) is a Finnish television producer and director.
Television career
Pohjanheimo joined Yleisradio in 1961 as a television cameraman and worked as a cameraman for five years. In 1966 Pohjanheimo was appointed director of entertainment at TV1 and later became a journalist, screenwriter and editor manager of entertainment. During the 1970s Pohjanheimo produced and directed various music programmes and collaborated with other musicians including The Spencer Davis Group,{{Cite web |url=http://www.spencer-davis-group.com/ |title=The Spencer Davis Group |access-date=17 October 2018 |archive-date=15 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015190436/http://spencer-davis-group.com/ |url-status=dead }} Cilla Black, Lena Horne,Helsingin Sanomat 13 October 1977: "Upea oppitunti." Sarah Vaughan,Helsingin Sanomat 9 December 1978 Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton. In 1982 he produced and directed a TV concert of Canto General in two parts with Mikis Theodorakis.{{Cite web|url=http://yle.fi/vintti/yle.fi/venla2002/historia_etu1.htm|title = Untitled Document | yle.fi | Arkistoitu}} In 1991 Pohjanheimo did a concert with Montserrat Caballé ja José Carreras for YLE TV1 in Turku.Helsingin Sanomat 7 October 1991 In 1994 Erkki Pohjanheimo's documentary of Kings Singers was shot for television in Tallinn, Estonia and in Helsinki as well as in Lahti and in Hollola, Finland.Ilta-Sanomat 27 December 1994 Pohjanheimo produced and directed also a concert of Natalie Cole in Turku in 1992.Ilta-Sanomat / Päivyri 2 March 1992: "Natalie Cole nostalgoi tyylikkäästi."
Erkki Pohjanheimo also produced and directed pop and rock music series for YLE TV1 as Valmiina ...Pyörii! 1967 {{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0442889/|title = Valmiina... Pyörii!|website = IMDb}}Jake Nyman, Pekka Gronow, Jukka Lindfors: Suomi soi 3, Ääniaalloilta parrasvaloihin, Kustannusosakeyhtiö Tammi 2002, s. 54, 55, 81, {{ISBN|951-31-2507-6}} and Pop Story 1971-1972.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1586997/|title = Pop story|website = IMDb}}
For Yleisradio, Pohjanheimo produced and directed two folk operas based on Suomen Kansan vanhat runot (Old Poems of the Finnish People), Karannut hevonen (Runaway Horse, 1978) and Pietarin miilu (Charcoal of St Petersburg, 1979). The Composer of Karannut hevonen was Heikki Valpola and the libretto was by Sulevi Peltola. Katso 3/1978Kansan Uutiset 24.01.1978 The authors of Pietarin miilu were Toni Edelmann and Ilpo Tiihonen. Katso: "Viihdeohjelman tie kuvaruutuun" 45/1979
1987-1995 Erkki Pohjanheimo produced and directed for television an international song contest Midnight Sun Song Festival (Keskiyön auringon laulufestivaali) from Lahti, Finland. The festival was organized by Lahden Sävel ry.Helsingin Sanomat 25.6.1987: "Lahden Sävel järjestää iskelmälaulukilpailun suuren maailman tyyliin"Ilta-Sanomat 27.6.1987: "Kuka voittaa Lahden iskelmäkilpailun"?
1995 Indonesian television TVRI invited Pohjanheimo to be the Production Designer, Sub-Producer and Visual Designer of the big three-day international song competition Indonesia International Song Festival 1995. Pohjanheimo took with him a Lighting Designer, three Sound Designers, a Stedicam Operator from the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation YLE. His wife Producer-Director Mervi Pohjanheimo worked as a Producer's Assistant. The competition was held at the Jakarta Convention Center from 4 to 8 August 1995.Aamulehti, 17.5.1995: "Erkki Pohjanheimo ohjaa Jakartan laulufestivaalin" The Jakarta Post, 4.11.1995: "Locals dominate international song festival"
Over the years Pohjanheimo has been associated with the European Broadcasting Union and the Eurovision Network he also provided the Finnish television commentary for the Eurovision Song Contest on ten occasions between 1973 and 1996{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1593464/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm|title=Eurovision laulukilpailu 1975 - Suomen karsinta (TV Series 1975– ) - IMDb|website=IMDb}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1437608/|title = Eurovision laulukilpailu 1987 - Suomen karsinta|website = IMDb}} he also hosted the Finnish heat for the 1981 Contest.{{Cite web |url=http://satumaa.yle.fi/euroviisut/2011-02-01/erkki-pohjanheimo-selosti-viisut-kotikatsomoihin-10-kertaa |title=Erkki Pohjanheimo selosti viisut kotikatsomoihin 10 kertaa | Satumaa | Euroviisut | yle.fi |access-date=14 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401032052/http://satumaa.yle.fi/euroviisut/2011-02-01/erkki-pohjanheimo-selosti-viisut-kotikatsomoihin-10-kertaa |archive-date=1 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}Asko Murtomäki: Finland 12 points - Suomen euroviisut, Kustannusosakeyhtiö Teos 2007, s. 70-183, {{ISBN|978-951-851-106-2}}
Since 1997 Erkki Pohjanheimo has set up his own television company Sunny Notes Oy. Pohjanheimo closed his company when he retired in 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sunnynotes.fi/english.html|title = Sunny Notes Production Company / English summary}}
Musical career
Erkki Pohjanheimo has worked also as a singer and sung some records between 1962 and 1967.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fono.fi/TekijaHakutulos.aspx?esittaja=Pohjanheimo+Erkki|title=Fono.fi - Äänitetietokanta}}Kullervo Kärki: Sydämeni Sävel – Toivo Kärki ja hänen musiikkinsa, Mediapinta 2015, {{ISBN|978-952-235-888-2}} His most popular songs include:
- Kutsukaa tri Casey (Callin' Doctor Casey), 1963 {{Cite web|url=http://www.ihesm.com/Loudermilk2.html|title = John D. Loudermilk - 1960-1963}}
- Limbo Rock, 1963
- Jos lähdet (Non ha piu luce il mondo), 1964
- Lapin taikarummut (Magic Drums Of Lapland), 1965
- Niin paljon kuuluu rakkauteen (Love Is A Many Splendored Thing), 1965
- Yö katseessasi (Charade), 1964{{Cite web|url=http://www.sunnynotes.fi/levytyksia.html|title = Recordings of Erkki Pohjanheimo/ Erkki Pohjanheimon levytyksiä}}
- Kaunein aamuisin (Mary In The Morning), 1967
- Kun taas tavattiin (The Day I Met Marie), 1967
He sang in the dance band of Jorma Weneskoski and later he had his own dance orchestra.
Book Publications
Erkki Pohjanheimo has published a book of memoirs about his working life as a singer and television journalist-producer: Nauha pyörii ja kamera käy – Matkani levytysstudiosta TV-ohjaamoon (The tape is rolling and the camera Is running - My journey from the Recording Studio to the TV Master Control Room) in Finnish. Aurinko Kustannus, Finland, 2022, 343 + 16 pages, ISBN 978-952-230-805-4.{{cite web | title=Nauha pyörii ja kamera käy. Matkani levytyssudiosta tv-ohjaamoon – Aurinko Kustannus | website=Aurinko Kustannus | url=https://www.aurinkokustannus.fi/tuote/nauha-pyorii-ja-kamera-kay-matkani-levytyssudiosta-tv-ohjaamoon/ | language=fi | access-date=2 July 2023}}
Family
Erkki Pohjanheimo has two daughters, Singer and Vocal Pedagogue Pauliina Pohjanheimo (artist name Pauliina May)
and Actress-Singer Petriikka Pohjanheimo.
References
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External links
- {{in lang|fi}} [http://www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto/?s=s&g=8&ag=94&t=897&a=3861 Yleisradio bio]
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Category:Finnish television producers