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Erkki Kanto
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Speaking Engagements
Atophill™
Kanto Productions LLC
Los Angeles, California
Erkki (Erik) Kanto: entertainer, speaker,
lecturer, Hollywood journalist, author,
producer/director, IT Director |
Erkki brings his own
portable computer and multimedia projector -
with no additional charge - or he may use the
projector available in house.
Selected
Samples of Erkki's Topics
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"YOUR FACE TELLS ALL"
An entertaining lecture with PowerPoint
presentation about the Chinese art of
reading faces - with numerous photos and
images of the top Hollywood celebrities.
(Erkki has co-authored two books on the
subject; one of his lectures is
available on DVD "Your Face Tells All -
Erkki Kanto's Lecture on DVD".)
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"HELLO HOLLYWOOD"
After more than 20 years of
interviewing, meeting, chumming and
partying with the biggest names in
Hollywood, Erkki reveals all the secrets.
He includes the best inside stories from
Hollywood and the annual Golden Globe®
Awards, even a few video clips with the
Award Winners - as well as lots of
celebrity photos in
this PowerPoint-enhanced presentation.
(There are several different versions
available on this topic - his knowledge
and Hollywood entertainment are
endless.)
(Erkki is a voting member in the
Hollywood Foreign Press Association®
that produces, owns and gives out the
Annual Golden Globe®
Awards.)
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"HOW TO CONQUER
HOLLYWOOD?" What to do? Where to go?
How to to do it? Erkki tells the secrets
of what to do to conquer Hollywood.
Which ever way you wish to do it!
(He is the
co-author of a book on the subject.)
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"HOW
TO MAKE PC YOUR FRIEND?"
How to make your computer your friend.
Even when traveling... How to fight
against the viruses and other outside
attacks... Everything you wish to ask
about using a PC in an
easy-to-understand lecture with full
on-screen demonstrations.
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<> private
studies of physiognomy in Los Angeles, CA
and
Peking, China, 1997-2000 <>
<> private acting and
singing studies in London, United Kingdom, 1972-1976
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<> music and acting
studies in Finland, 1957-1972 <>
<> permanent resident
in the USA since 1985, US citizen since 2006 <>
<> professional
performer since 1962 <>
<> languages:
English, Finnish, some Swedish <>
After moving to
Los Angeles around 1985
and starting to report about the hottest Hollywood
stories, interviews, parties and gossips, Erkki Kanto
soon became known as Mr. Hollywood to his native country
of
Finland.
When he then was invited to join as a member and voting
journalist for the Annual Golden Globe Awards producing
organization, the Beverly Hills, California-based
Hollywood Foreign Press Association, his Finnish
countrymen started to call him Mr. Golden Globe Awards.
Ever since his early childhood, Kanto openly showed that
he loves being in front of an audience. His first
semipublic performance was when, at six years of age, he
sang to the widow of the Finnish president
Svinhufvud.
Before moving to the
USA,
in addition to recording several albums, he also had
produced/directed or co-produced numerous projects to
the Finnish Broadcasting company, many of them including
him as the main host.
After permanently moving to the
USA,
Erkki Kanto continued his productions, now, not only for
Finland,
but also for the
US
and worldwide broadcast and distribution. As journalists
and writers interested in numerous matters, together
with his wife, Ilona Kanto, he started studying the
Chinese art of face reading, wrote a book “Your Face
Tells” for his Finnish fans and audiences, followed by
“How to Conquer Hollywood.” His lectures about the face
reading became very popular, and soon he was giving them
in several countries around the world. The
English-language version of the face reading book “Your
Face Tells All” came out end of 2004, and it has greatly
supported also the lectures and workshops. Recently, the
rights for the
Czech-language edition of “Your Face Tells All” were
acquired by Alpress s.r.o., Czech Republic (the book
came out in 2007), and the
rights for the
Japanese-language edition were acquired by
Hankyu Communications, Japan, and published in the
spring 2008.
Later on, the book was also published in
Russia.
Kanto’s work with the Annual Golden Globe Awards
continues, and in addition to preparing to vote for the
next awards, he’s in charge of maintaining and preparing
the official website for the event. He loves traveling
around the world, to the cities of different countries,
as well as on cruise ships; performing and lecturing on
different destinations and ports of call. And, of
course, he loves interviewing, meeting and partying with
all the
Hollywood and foreign motion picture and
television stars!
STAGE PERFORMANCES & LECTURES &
OWN CONCERTS.
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2005-continues |
HELLO
HOLLYWOOD lectures
featuring Hollywood's top stars and all
their little secrets - as well the latest
from the Annual Golden Globe® Awards,
"Hollywood's Best Party of the Year" (in Finland, USA) |
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2001-continues |
HOW TO
CONQUER HOLLYWOOD? lectures on how to get in to
Hollywood (in Finland, USA) |
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2001-continues |
GREETINGS FROM
THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
a special, entertaining presentation directly
from the Golden Globe Awards (lot's of celebrity
photos, gossip and stories from the gala event)
(in Finland, USA) |
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1999-continues |
YOUR FACE
TELLS ALL lectures of Chinese Face Reading
(in Finland, USA, Asia) |
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1997-continues |
THAT'S HOLLYWOOD lectures
featuring Hollywood's top stars and all
their little secrets (in Finland, USA)
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1990-continues |
HOW TO MAKE
PC YOUR FRIEND? lectures on how to use a
computer (in Finland, USA) |
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1979-continues |
SOLO CONCERTS
(as a singer or a singer-pianist) (in Finland, USA) |
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1986 |
SAWDUST IN MY
SHOES, musical, Miklos (in Los Angeles- CA-USA) |
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1982-1986 |
AN EVENING
WITH ENRICO CANTO, an ongoing series of one-man
shows (in Finland) |
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1985 |
WHY CAN'T A
WOMAN BE LIKE A MAN?, one-man theatrical show
(in Maxim-Tampere-Finland) |
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1985 |
ENRICO CANTO
SHOW, one-man show (onboard M/S Caribe I-The Caribbean
Sea) |
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1982 |
ENRICO CANTO
SHOW, one-man theatrical show (in Adlon-Helsinki-Finland) |
TV AND RADIO
(listing own shows only)
| 1979-2000 |
RADIO SHOWS, hundreds, list available (on YLE-Finland, USA) |
| 1983 &
1985 |
ORDINARY MAN (on TV 2-Finland) |
| 1984 |
ORDINARY MAN (on TV 2-Sweden) |
| 1983 |
ENRICO CANTO (on Ch 39-Florida, USA) |
| 1983 |
POIMULEHTI (on TV 1-Finland) |
PRINT
(writer, screenwriter, author)
1979-
continues |
journalistic writing (features, columns,
reports) more than one thousand published in
magazines and newspapers (in Finland, USA, Spain, Canada) |
| 2004 |
co-author YOUR FACE TELLS ALL, book published by
Atophill Publishing (USA) |
| 2002 |
screenwriter THE LAPPONIA SCRIPTURES, motion
picture (in development, 2007, USA) |
| 2001 |
co-author HOW TO CONQUER HOLLYWOOD, book
published by Karisto Oy (Finland) |
| 2000 |
co-author YOUR FACE TELLS, book published by
Karisto Oy (Finland) |
Featured in
numerous print articles, guest appearances in radio and
television programs (in Finland, USA) 1982-present.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Recording artist (solo vocal, or vocal
and keyboards) of nine albums -
received one Golden Record Award. Music and song writing
(more than 500 compositions;
radio, TV, video and music
production; teaching and coaching singers, entertainers
and actors (since 1972);
founded and owned a private
school for music and performing (1976-1987).
Voting member in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association®
for the Annual Golden Globe® Awards,
IT Director, former Director of the
Board, Executive Secretary and Trustee (joined 1992).
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