Known For
Directing
Born
Sep 30, 1979
Place of Birth
Kokkola, Finland
Credits
22 titles
Juho Kuosmanen
Biography
Juho Kuosmanen (born 1979) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. His first feature film The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the top prize. In 2021, his second feature film Compartment No. 6 shared the Cannes Grand Prix (the festival's second prize) together with Asghar Farhadi's A Hero. Kuosmanen graduated from Aalto University in 2014. His graduation film The Painting Sellers was nominated for five Jussi Awards (Finnish premier film industry award). The Painting Sellers won the first prize in Cinéfondation in Cannes Film Festival in 2010. Kuosmanen worked as an actor in Leea Klemola's arctic trilogy in Tampere Theatre in Kokkola and New Karleby Kuosmanen has also directed opera with conductors Sakari Oramo and Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
Known For
Filmography
Silent Trilogy
Director
Alice & Jack
Executive Producer
Fallen Leaves
Karaoke Pub Patron (uncredited)
A Planet Far Away
Dialogue
Cinéma Laika
Self
Zone B
Teleplay
Compartment No. 6
Screenplay
The Dinosaur
Self
Kakarat
Director
Moonshiners
Writer
The Other Side of Hope
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
Director
Pony Freak
Director
Nurses
Gynekologi
The Princess of Egypt
Lehdenjakaja
Conversations Between Men
Avustaja
Scrap-Mattila and the Beautiful Woman
Editor
The Painting Sellers
Director
Citizens
Dramaturgy
8 Days to Premiere
Teatterin näyttelijä
Roadmarkers
Director
Dream Come True
Director