Juha Lehtola’s works deal with contemporary life, tingled with melancholy and comedy.

During his career Lehtola has done thrillers, family stories and his latest television series Sisäilmaa (Inner air, written with Tiina Lymi) deals with byrocracy and unemployment policy.

[1][2] During his career, Juha Lehtola has worked in both theater and television as a director, screenwriter and playwright.

In the 90's he scripted two TV movies: Saint John's Bread Tree (1992) and White Marble (1994), which were both directed by Matti Ijäs, acclaimed Finnish film director.

[1] He has also worked in the fields of documentary film, music videos and radio dramas, as well as script consultant in many Finnish feature films and television series, for example television series Invisible Heroes, which received the Best Fiction Prix Europe 2019 award.