Person
Pirjo Honkasalo
Directing · Born 1947-02-22 · Helsinki, Finland
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
Helsinki, Forever
Thanks
Donner - Private
Writer
Before I die
Director
Molle: A Director's Portrait of Academian Rauni Mollberg
Self
Two Forces
Self
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
Editor
Ikäluokka
Director
The Earth Is a Sinful Song
Screenplay
Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta
Still Photographer
Uuno Turhapuro
Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)
Filmography
- 2025OrendaDirector
- 2021The DinosaurSelf
- 2021Donner - PrivateWriter
- 2014Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel WomenSelf
- 2013Concrete NightScreenplay
- 2010ITO – A Diary of an Urban PriestDirector
- 2009The InterrogationDirector of Photography
- 2008Helsinki, ForeverThanks
- 2004The 3 Rooms of MelancholiaWriter
- 1998Fire-EaterDirector
- 1998Ingmar Bergman on Life and WorkDirector of Photography
- 1997AtmanDirector
- 1996The Cinderella of TallinnWriter
- 1994Christmas in the DistanceThanks
- 1993Tanjuska and the 7 DevilsProducer
- 1991MysterionStill Photographer
- 1991Molle: A Director's Portrait of Academian Rauni MollbergSelf
- 1985Da CapoDirector
- 1983250 Grammes – A Radioactive TestamentEditor
- 1982Nine Ways to Approach HelsinkiEditor
- 1980Flame TopDirector
- 1979Two ForcesSelf
- 1978The Sign of DangerWriter
- 1976IkäluokkaDirector
- 1973The Earth Is a Sinful SongScreenplay
- 1973Uuno TurhapuroNainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)
- 1973HangoverDirector of Photography
- 1972HellyysCamera Operator
- 1972Marja pieni!Director of Photography
- 1971Laulu tulipunaisesta kukastaStill Photographer
- 1970PilvilinnaDirector of Photography
- 1970Portraits of WomenFilm Crew Member (uncredited)
- 1968The Whole Truth and Nothing but the TruthDirector
- 1967Before I dieDirector
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