Kristofer Seppälä

Kristofer Seppälä is a Finnish American screenwriter, actor, and director. He studied film at the Zaki Gordon Cinematic Arts Center founded by screenwriter Dan Gordon (Wyatt Earp, The Hurricane) in Lynchburg, Virginia. While there he won the annually coveted Zaki Gordon Award for Excellence in Screenwriting. After graduating, Seppälä moved to Georgia and studied writing at SCAD Atlanta and graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree. Initially never planning to work in front of the camera as an actor, that all changed when Seppälä received a small speaking role on the Netflix series Raising Dion while working his first day as an extra (his scene would end up being cut from the final edit). Seppälä then went to train at the Film Scene Studio at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta to hone the craft of acting. Six months later, Seppälä wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the short film The Hammerhead, which went on to be nominated for Best Comedy at various film festivals. Seppälä has recently kept a presence in Helsinki, Finland where he has various projects in development.