Zaida Bergroth

Zaida Bergroth (born 8 February 1977) is a Finnish film director best known for her 2020 film Tove.^[1][2]

Career

Bergroth was born in Kivijärvi in 1977. She graduated from the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture in 2004.^[3][4] Her first feature, Last Cowboy Standing was released in 2009. In 2019 it was announced that she would direct a biopic on the Moomin author Tove Jansson, titled Tove, which was released in 2020.^[5][6]

In February 2025 Bergroth was set to direct a biopic of Marianne Faithfull named Faithfull.^[7]

Selected filmography

• Hair (1999) (short) (writer and director)^[1]
• Lasileuka [Glass Jaw] (2004) (short) (writer and director)^[1][8]
• Heavy Metal (2007) (short) (writer and director)^[1]
• Kunnanjohtaja (2007) (short) (writer and director)^[1]
• Last Cowboy Standing (2009) (screenplay and director)^[1]
• The Good Son (2011) (writer and director)^[1]
• Miami (2017) (writer and director)^[1]
• Maria’s Paradise (2019) (director)^[1][9]
• Tove (2020) (director)^[1]
• Kristal (2020) (short) (writer and director)^[1][10]

Personal life

Bergroth has a sister, writer Aina Bergroth, and her mother is the painter Marjatta Tapiola.^[11]

See also

• List of female film and television directors
• List of LGBT-related films directed by women