Miia Tervo

Miia Tervo (born February 18, 1980 in Rovaniemi) is a Jussi-awarded film director and screenwriter currently living in Helsinki.

She grew up in Muurola, the former Rovaniemi rural municipality , 25 kilometers from the center of Rovaniemi. She attended high school in Rovaniemi, after which she moved to Helsinki to work in a restaurant. Then she worked in a fish factory in Norway and volunteered abroad. She studied writing poems at Orivesi College , cinematography in Turku and cinematography at the University of Arts and Sciences (now Aalto University).

Tervo has received Kéluvataite artist grants for her films.

Miia Tervo is known for work in directing across film and television. New Release currently presents 13 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes The Dinosaur (2021), Kovan viikon ilta (2023), Lovi (2021), The Missile (2024), The Squirrel (2026), Aurora (2019), Force of Habit (2019), Little Snow Animal (2009). The recorded credits span 2009 to 2026, including 11 movies and 2 TV shows.

The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.