Known For
Directing
Born
Feb 22, 1947
Place of Birth
Helsinki, Finland
Credits
34 titles
Pirjo Honkasalo
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Orenda
Director
The Dinosaur
Self
Donner - Private
Writer
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
Concrete Night
Screenplay
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest
Director
The Interrogation
Director of Photography
Helsinki, Forever
Thanks
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
Writer
Fire-Eater
Director
Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work
Director of Photography
Atman
Director
The Cinderella of Tallinn
Writer
Christmas in the Distance
Thanks
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils
Director
Mysterion
Still Photographer
Molle: A Director's Portrait of Academian Rauni Mollberg
Self
Da Capo
Director
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
Editor
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
Director of Photography
Flame Top
Director
Two Forces
Self
The Sign of Danger
Director
Ikäluokka
Director
The Earth Is a Sinful Song
Screenplay
Uuno Turhapuro
Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)
Hangover
Director of Photography
Hellyys
Camera Operator
Marja pieni!
Director of Photography
Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta
Still Photographer
Pilvilinna
Director of Photography
Portraits of Women
Film Crew Member (uncredited)
The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
Director
Before I die
Director