伊尔珀·波赫约拉，Born in 1957, he lives in Helsinki, Finland. He studied at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, Sheridan College in Toronto and Harrow College of Higher Education in London. After his debut film, Daddy and the Muscle Academy, he went on to make further films, all with the leitmotif of transformation. He also works as a video artist, documentary filmmaker, cinematographer, graphic artist and musician, and produces the work of filmmaker and video artist Eija-Liisa Ahtila.