Inka Rusi
- Additional Crew
- Writer
- Producer
Inka Rusi is a film director, producer and screenwriter who works across narrative and documentary film. Her directing work focuses on the human experience within society, often exploring themes of complicated power dynamics within relationships and the effects of being othered told through personal character stories.
Her thesis film BIND(2021) a psychological thriller drama from CalArts was selected to 2021 CAA Moebius Showcase. Inka received a Fulbright fellowship to pursue a graduate degree in film directing at California Institute of the Arts and graduated in 2020 with the support of the Thanks To Scandinavia Grant.
Before transitioning to directing, Inka worked in various positions on international feature films, documentaries and commercial advertising on productions such as LAUGH OR DIE (YLE), THE DEVIL'S BRIDE (Netflix), GAME OF THRONES (HBO)as well as on commercial productions for clients such as British ELLE, C-More and MTV3.
In 2019 Inka co-founded production company Onerva Pictures with her sister Tanja Rusi.
Inka was born in New York and grew up in a diplomatic family, which makes her a citizen of the world. She is a member of The Finnish Film Director's Guild and Women in Film & Television Finland.
Her thesis film BIND(2021) a psychological thriller drama from CalArts was selected to 2021 CAA Moebius Showcase. Inka received a Fulbright fellowship to pursue a graduate degree in film directing at California Institute of the Arts and graduated in 2020 with the support of the Thanks To Scandinavia Grant.
Before transitioning to directing, Inka worked in various positions on international feature films, documentaries and commercial advertising on productions such as LAUGH OR DIE (YLE), THE DEVIL'S BRIDE (Netflix), GAME OF THRONES (HBO)as well as on commercial productions for clients such as British ELLE, C-More and MTV3.
In 2019 Inka co-founded production company Onerva Pictures with her sister Tanja Rusi.
Inka was born in New York and grew up in a diplomatic family, which makes her a citizen of the world. She is a member of The Finnish Film Director's Guild and Women in Film & Television Finland.