Directing
Pirjo Honkasalo
FI, SV, EN, CE cinema · 34 credits
Born
22 February 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
Helsinki, Finland
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
as Self
Concrete Night
Director, Screenplay
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
The Interrogation
Director of Photography
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
Fire-Eater
Director
Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work
Director of Photography
Atman
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Cinematography
The Cinderella of Tallinn
Director, Writer
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils
Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
Mysterion
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Other, Still Photographer, Director of Photography
Da Capo
Director, Editor, Screenplay
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Flame Top
Director, Screenplay
Two Forces
as Self, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor, Director
Vaaran merkki
1978
The Sign of Danger
Director, Writer
Ikäluokka
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
Uuno Turhapuro
as Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)
The Earth Is a Sinful Song
Screenplay, Assistant Director, Sound Editor
Hangover
Director of Photography
Hellyys
Camera Operator
Marja pieni!
Director of Photography
Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta
Still Photographer
Portraits of Women
as Film Crew Member (uncredited), Still Photographer
Pilvilinna
Director of Photography
The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
Director, Writer