Pirjo Honkasalo

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

0.3265

Gender

Female

Birthday

22-Feb-1947

Age

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Helsinki, Finland

Also Known As
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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.


Credits

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014) Character: Self
Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind the scenes in motion pictures held peripheral careers compared with their male counterparts.
Kainuu 39 Kainuu 39 (1979) Character: Self
Docudrama about the Soviet occupation of a Finnish village in the fall before the Winter War.
Dinosaurus Dinosaurus (2021) Character: Self
Acclaimed Finnish director Rauni Mollberg made several scandalous yet widely appreciated films. Former co-worker Veikko Aaltonen’s eye-opening documentary The Dinosaur looks at the relentless, often disturbing directing techniques behind Mollberg’s art and success.
Uuno Turhapuro Uuno Turhapuro (1973) Character: Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)
Uuno Turhapuro is a lazy man who abhors manual labor, but has the ability to talk himself out of any sticky situation, usually with his long-suffering wife. In this, his first feature film appearance, Uuno embarrasses his wife in public, tricks his best friend, accidentally goes on a diet, and becomes a famous violinist.
Naisenkuvia Naisenkuvia (1970) Character: Film Crew Member (uncredited)
Finnish porn movie producer Pertsa returns from America to his home country to continue his profession with hopelessly small budgets and incompetent casts and crews. A self-ironic satire about director Donner's scandalous fame in late 1960s Finland, notorious for a graphic long shot of his penis pointing northeast.



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