Kirsi Tykkyläinen (born August 28, 1949 in Pieksämäki) is a former Finnish diplomat and international filmmaker. Tykkyläinen grew up in a teacher family in Pieksämäki. After studying Russian, she worked at the University of Helsinki at the Russian Language and Literature in 1975-1983 and then as Head of International Affairs at the Finnish Film Foundation. Between 2002 and 2006, he served as a cultural council at the Embassy of Finland in Moscow and was then invited to lead the Moscow Film Festival for 2007-2009. Head of the St. Petersburg Institute in Finland, he worked for 2011-2012. Kirsi Tykkyläinen's daughter is actor Maria Järvenhelmi. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia