Risto Tuominen holds a Master of Fine Arts in Directing from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. His thesis short film, Tides, received the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Production Award and was nominated for Best Short Film at the 2015 NewFilmmakers Los Angeles festival. Tuominen has extensive experience as an assistant director, having worked on numerous feature films, television series, and commercials. He also served as an army officer in the Finnish Defence Forces, participating in an international peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan.
Tuominen is currently developing his debut feature film, Pimeän arkkitehti (The Dark Architect), based on the novel by acclaimed Finnish horror author Marko Hautala.
