Biography
Mikko Paasi is a Finnish cave diver and underwater filmmaker who has appeared as himself in documentary films. He is credited as Self - Volunteer Cave Diver in The Rescue (2021), directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, which chronicles the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand.
Paasi also featured in The Cave (2019) and has contributed to other productions, including additional crew and camera work on series such as Untold Arctic Wars (2022–2024). He trained as a diving instructor in Finland and has run dive centres in Thailand for over twenty-five years. His involvement in the 2018 rescue earned him awards including the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Direkgunabhorn from the King of Thailand.
