Person
Carl Mesterton
Directing · 1929–2021 · Helsinki, Finland
Biography
Carl Wilhelm Ossian Mesterton (born 21 November 1929 in Helsinki) is a Finnish television director, screenwriter and actor. The most well-known and popular of Mesterton's TV directions are "Metsolat" (1993–1995), a family chronicle of a small-scale farming family in Kainuu, and "Hovimäki" (1999–2003), a drama following the stages of the Lindhof noble family and the Seppä croft family in three different centuries. Mesterton has written the series together with his wife Anna-Lisa Mesterton, among others. Mesterton has also starred in bigger and smaller roles in films and television, such as Markku Pölönen's "Onnen maassa" (1993), Jaakko Pakkasvirta's Kafka filmatization "Linna" (1986) and in the TV series "Barr" (1984) directed by Reima Kekäläinen and dramatized from Paavo Haavikko's own novel. . Mesterton also worked as one of the assistant directors in the film "Reds" (1981), partly shot by Warren Beatty in Finland.
Known for

Kotikatu
Tuomari

Hovimäki
Director

Metsolat
Director

Reds
Assistant Director

The Land of Happiness
Saarnamies

Harjunpää och antastaren
Mutanen

Daniel Hjort
Director

Dialog på sängkanten
Director

There are so many things you cannot understand
Director

Galgmannen
Director
Filmography
- 1999HovimäkiDirector
- 1996Metsolat - Muistojen jouluDirector
- 1995KotikatuTuomari
- 1993The Land of HappinessSaarnamies
- 1993MetsolatDirector
- 1986V. Y. Vihdoinkin yhdessäPortsari
- 1986LinnaSihteeri Erlangen
- 1985Harjunpää och antastarenMutanen
- 1985Dialog på sängkantenDirector
- 1984Palava enkeliYlilääkäri
- 1981RedsAssistant Director
- 1970There are so many things you cannot understandDirector
- 1963TeerenpeliäNurmi (uncredited)
- 1962Daniel HjortDirector
- 1961GalgmannenDirector
- 1954OnnellisetOfficer (uncredited)
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