JukkaPekka Valkeapää is a Finnish director and screenwriter His first film The Visitor 2009 that was also his final assigment in Aalto University School of Arts was screened at Venice Film Festival in 2008 His second film They Have Escaped 2014 was screened at Venice and Toronto and also won 4 Jussiawards Finlands premier film industry award including Award for Best Directing He has been selected for Director of the Year award in 2009 and 2015 by the Finnish Film Directors Guild