Pirjo Honkasalo

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Pirjo Honkasalo

Directing 79 February 22, 1947

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 Fl…

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Concrete Night

Concrete Night

5.9 2013 Movie
The Earth Is a Sinful Song

The Earth Is a Sinful Song

6.7 1973 Movie
Uuno Turhapuro

Uuno Turhapuro

5.6 1973 Movie
Helsinki, Forever

Helsinki, Forever

7.1 2008 Movie
The Dinosaur

The Dinosaur

5.8 2021 Movie
Portraits of Women

Portraits of Women

5.0 1970 Movie
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia

The 3 Rooms of Melancholia

7.6 2004 Movie
Fire-Eater

Fire-Eater

5.4 1998 Movie
The Interrogation

The Interrogation

6.2 2009 Movie
Pilvilinna

Pilvilinna

4.0 1970 Movie
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki

Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki

7.4 1982 Movie
Marja pieni!

Marja pieni!

4.8 1972 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Orenda

    Movie Director

  2. 2021
    The Dinosaur

    Movie Self

  3. 2021
    Donner - Private

    Movie Writer

  4. 2014
    Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

    Movie Self

  5. 2013
    Concrete Night

    Movie Screenplay

  6. 2010
    ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest

    Movie Director

  7. 2009
    The Interrogation

    Movie Director of Photography

  8. 2008
    Helsinki, Forever

    Movie Thanks

  9. 2004
    The 3 Rooms of Melancholia

    Movie Writer

  10. 1998
    Fire-Eater

    Movie Director

  11. 1998
    Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work

    Movie Director of Photography

  12. 1997
    Atman

    Movie Director

  13. 1996
    The Cinderella of Tallinn

    Movie Writer

  14. 1994
    Christmas in the Distance

    Movie Thanks

  15. 1993
    Tanjuska and the 7 Devils

    Movie Director

  16. 1991
    Mysterion

    Movie Still Photographer

More credits
  1. 1991
    Molle: A Director's Portrait of Academian Rauni Mollberg

    Movie Self

  2. 1985
    Da Capo

    Movie Director

  3. 1983
    250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament

    Movie Editor

  4. 1982
    Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki

    Movie Director of Photography

  5. 1980
    Flame Top

    Movie Director

  6. 1979
    Two Forces

    Movie Self

  7. 1978
    The Sign of Danger

    Movie Director

  8. 1976
    Ikäluokka

    Movie Director

  9. 1973
    The Earth Is a Sinful Song

    Movie Screenplay

  10. 1973
    Uuno Turhapuro

    Movie Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)

  11. 1973
    Hangover

    Movie Director of Photography

  12. 1972
    Hellyys

    Movie Camera Operator

  13. 1972
    Marja pieni!

    Movie Director of Photography

  14. 1971
    Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta

    Movie Still Photographer

  15. 1970
    Pilvilinna

    Movie Director of Photography

  16. 1970
    Portraits of Women

    Movie Film Crew Member (uncredited)

  17. 1968
    The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth

    Movie Director

  18. 1967
    Before I die

    Movie Director