Pirjo Honkasalo

Born: 1947-02-22

Pirjo Honkasalo is a highly established director, cinematographer and scriptwriter. She directed several feature films in the 1970s and 80s together with Pekka Lehto, including Flame Top which was in Cannes Competition in 1980. In the 1990s, she continued alone and turned to feature documentaries, directing the prize winning trilogy Mysterion, Tanjuska and the 7 Devils, and Atman. Since then, she has directed the stunningly beautiful The 3 Rooms of Melancholia (2004), and her return to fiction was Concrete Night in 2012.


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Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

as Self
Released: 2014-08-10

Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel...

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The Dinosaur

as Self
Released: 2021-03-10

Acclaimed Finnish director Rauni Mollberg made several scandalous yet widely appreciated films....

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Portraits of Women

as Film Crew Member (uncredited)
Released: 1970-02-06

Finnish porn movie producer Pertsa returns from America to his home country to continue his...

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Two Forces

as Self
Released: 1979-06-03

Docudrama about the Soviet occupation of a Finnish village in the fall before the Winter War.

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Uuno Turhapuro

as Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)
Released: 1973-08-24

Uuno goes with his wife to spend summer holiday to their villa in country, studies playing of...

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