Pirjo Honkasalo
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1947-02-22 (78 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.
Acting
1970
as Film Crew Member (uncredited)
1979
as Self
1973
as Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)
2021
as Self
2014
Production
1973
as Screenplay
1970
as Still Photographer
2004
as Writer
2004
as Director
2013
as Screenplay
2013
as Director
2010
as Director
1973
as Director of Photography
1980
as Director
1998
as Director
1978
as Writer
1978
as Director
2008
as Thanks
1979
as Director of Photography
1979
as Writer
1979
as Editor
1993
as Producer
1993
as Director
1993
as Editor
1973
as Assistant Director
1985
as Director
1967
as Director
1996
as Writer
1996
as Director
1991
as Still Photographer
1991
as Screenplay
1991
as Other
1991
as Other
1991
as Editor
1991
as Director
1972
as Camera Operator
2009
as Director of Photography
2025
as Director
1983
1983
1983
as Producer
1983
as Director
1997
as Director
1979
as Director
1968
as Director
1968
2004
as Editor
2004
as Producer
1972
as Director of Photography
1970
as Director of Photography
1991
as Director of Photography
2004
as Director of Photography
1993
as Director of Photography
1998
as Director of Photography
1973
as Sound Editor
1982
as Editor
1982
as Director of Photography
1982
as Director
1985
as Screenplay
1985
as Editor
1980
as Screenplay
1997
as Writer
1997
as Director of Photography
2021
as Writer
1994
as Thanks
1976
as Director
1976
as Writer
1976
as Director of Photography
1976
as Editor
2010
as Writer
2010
as Cinematography
2010
as Editor
1997
as Cinematography
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