Aki Kaurismäki
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-04-04 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Orimattila, Finland
Also known As
Aki Olavi Kaurismäki
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Aki Kaurismäki
Biography
Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (Finnish: [ˈɑki ˈkɑu̯rismæki]; born April 4,1957; Orimattila) is a Finnish film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and actor. He is best known for the award-winning Drifting Clouds (1996), The Man Without a Past (2002), Le Havre (2011), The Other Side of Hope (2017) and Fallen Leaves (2023), as well as for the mockumentary Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989). He is described as Finland's best-known film director. He is the younger brother of director and screenwriter Mika Kaurismäki. After graduating in media studies from the University of Tampere, Kaurismäki worked as a bricklayer, postman, and dish-washer, long b...
Acting
1990
as Sunglasses Seller (uncredited)
2004
as Le patron Aaltra
1982
as Ville Alfa
1995
as Cadillac Man
2023
as Self
2015
as Self
1981
as Ville Alfa
1995
as Self
2021
as Self
2017
as Self (archive footage)
2015
as Self
2016
as Self
1993
as Self
1985
as Hearse Driver (uncredited)
2014
as himself
2012
as Self
1983
as Ville Alfa
1985
as Taksikuski
2011
as Self
2008
as Self
1994
as Factory Worker Imitating Chaplin (uncredited)
2001
1986
as Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)
1982
2018
as Himself
1986
as Magazine Photographer
1981
as Self - Interviewer (uncredited)
Production
1988
as Director
1986
as Director
2006
as Director
2006
as Producer
2006
as Editor
1982
as Assistant Director
1982
as Production Design
1982
as Costume Design
1982
as Smoke Artist
1994
as Director
1989
as Director
1989
as Screenplay
1996
as Director
1996
as Producer
1996
as Editor
2002
as Director
2002
as Writer
2002
as Director
2002
as Producer
1990
as Director
1990
as Producer
1990
as Editor
1990
as Director
1990
as Screenplay
1990
as Producer
1990
as Editor
1987
as Director
1987
as Screenplay
1987
as Producer
2004
as Director
1992
as Director
2007
as Director
1985
as Writer
1986
as Director
1986
as Writer
1986
as Producer
1986
as Editor
1984
as Screenplay
1990
as Writer
1986
as Writer
1987
as Producer
1988
as Writer
2011
as Director
2011
as Writer
1983
as Director
1999
as Director
2016
as Thanks
1994
as Director
1985
as Director
1994
as Director
1994
as Writer
2012
as Director
2013
as Director
1989
as Director
1989
as Writer
1981
as Writer
1982
as Writer
2023
as Director
2023
as Writer
2006
as Writer
2004
as Writer
2008
as Writer
2008
as Thanks
1981
as Director
1981
as Producer
1995
as Producer
1995
as Assistant Director
1993
as Producer
2017
as Director
2017
as Writer
2017
as Producer
1987
as Writer
2004
as Director
1982
as Production Design
1982
as Dialogue
1982
as Screenplay
2004
as Producer
2004
as Editor
1997
as Producer
2012
as Screenplay
2012
as Producer
2012
as Editor
2023
as Producer
1981
as Writer
2013
as Writer
1987
as Producer
1992
as Producer
1993
as Producer
1993
as Producer
1999
as Producer
2000
as Producer
2001
as Producer
2002
as Producer
2009
as Producer
2011
as Producer
2013
as Producer
1992
as Editor
2011
as Producer
2004
as Thanks
2002
as Writer
1994
as Writer
1999
as Screenplay
1996
as Writer
1983
as Screenplay
1985
as Producer
1985
as Editor
1988
as Producer
1989
as Producer
1989
as Story
1992
as Producer
1994
as Producer
1994
as Editor
1994
as Producer
1994
as Screenplay
1994
as Story
1994
as Editor
1999
as Producer
1999
as Editor
2002
as Editor
2007
as Producer
2012
as Director
2012
as Writer
2012
as Editor
2012
as Producer
1992
as Producer
1994
as Producer
1990
as Story
2007
as Writer
2010
as Producer
1982
as Assistant Director
1985
as Dialogue
1985
as Key Grip
1984
as Assistant Director
2024
2004
as Writer
2004
as Producer
1992
as Screenplay
1987
as Director
1986
as Production Sound Mixer
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