Antti Peippo

Antti Eerikki Peippo (10 September 1934 – 29 June 1989) was a Finnish cinematographer, director, set designer, screenwriter and actor.

[1] Peippo's only feature film direction was the science fiction comedy Ihmemies (1979).

After that he worked mostly making personal, essay-like short films and documentaries until his death of cancer in 1989.

[2] Peippo received a Jussi Award in 1972 for his short film Viapori – Suomenlinna.

His most highly acclaimed work is the autobiographical childhood memoir Proxy (Sijainen) (1989).