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Diana Ringo
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| Born | March 8, 1992 |
| Nationality | Finnish |
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Diana Ringo (born March 8, 1992) is a talented Finnish film director, a person who creates movies. She is also a composer, meaning she writes music, and a visual artist, who makes art. Diana is well-known for her films Quarantine (released in 2021) and 1984 (released in 2023).
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About Diana Ringo
Diana Ringo was born into a family of creative and smart people. Her father, Reijo Mononen, is a Finnish researcher. Her mother, Elena Ringo, is a Russian-Finnish artist. Diana's great-grandfathers were also very accomplished. One was an inventor named Josef Ringo, and the other was a mathematician named Sergey Nikolsky.
Early Life and Music
Diana grew up in Helsinki, Finland. She became interested in music when she was very young. When she was just five years old, a pianist named Dmitry Soloviev noticed something special about Diana. He discovered that she had "perfect pitch," which means she could identify any musical note just by hearing it.
After this discovery, Diana started to learn how to play the piano. Dmitry Soloviev became her first music teacher. She later studied piano with other famous pianists like Janne Mertanen and Risto Lauriala. Diana also attended special classes taught by well-known people in the film and music world. These included Hollywood composer Lalo Schifrin and film directors Paul Verhoeven and David Lynch.
Diana Ringo is a classically trained pianist. Her own music mixes classical and romantic styles with modern electronic sounds and synthesizers. She loves classical composers such as Bach, Beethoven, and Chopin. She is also inspired by film score composers like Ennio Morricone, Dmitri Shostakovich, Michel Legrand, Giorgio Moroder, and Lalo Schifrin.
Diana's Work in Film
Diana Ringo is a talented film director. Her first full-length movie was a drama called Quarantine, which came out in 2021. This film was considered for a Golden Globe award in 2022 as a foreign film. Diana also wrote all 26 original songs for the movie's music.
In November 2022, it was announced that Diana was making a film based on the famous book Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Her movie, also called 1984, was released on November 15, 2023.
In February 2025, a preview for her new movie, The Curse of Modigliani, was released. This film stars Edward Pishiyski and is based on a story Diana Ringo wrote herself. It was filmed in Helsinki and is her first movie made in English. The movie is expected to be released in the summer of 2025.
Some people have compared Diana Ringo's directing style to famous directors like Andrei Tarkovsky, Terrence Malick, and Aleksandr Sokurov.
Music for Other Films
Diana Ringo has also composed music for other films. Her music for the movie Million Loves in Me, directed by Sampson Yuen, won an award for Best Original Score at the LAFA Awards in 2020. She also created the music for a short film called Hinge by Lisa Mayo, which was made by Santa Monica College in 2019.
Visual Art
Besides film and music, Diana Ringo is also a visual artist and painter. She uses different art techniques, including oil paints, gouache, digital art, collage, and mixed media.
Filmography
Films Directed by Diana Ringo
- Quarantine (2021)
- 1984 (2023)
Films with Music by Diana Ringo
- Million Loves in Me (2018)
Awards and Recognition
Diana Ringo has received several awards for her work in film and music:
- Best Score for Hinge at the Vienna Independent Film Festival (2019)
- Best Score for Million Loves in Me at the Los Angeles Film Awards (2020)
- Best Score for Million Loves in Me at WICA Los Angeles (2021)
- Best Visual Effects or Design for Quarantine at the ES Europe International Film Festival (2021)
- Best Overall Film, Best Director, and Best Editing for 1984 at the WorldFilmGeek Awards (2024)
