Timo Salminen

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-07-11 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Helsinki, Finland

Timo Salminen

Biography

Timo Salminen (11 July 1952 in Helsinki) is a Finnish cinematographer best known for his artistic work in Aki Kaurismäki's films. Salminen's father Ville Salminen was a famed Finnish film actor, director, writer and producer whose career began in the 1930s and lasted until the 1980s. His older step brother Ville-Veikko Salminen was a comedic actor whose career also lasted over 50 years.

Acting

1999

Juha

as Hotellipalvelija (uncredited)

Production

1988

Ariel

as Director of Photography

2006

Lights in the Dusk

as Director of Photography

1989

Leningrad Cowboys Go America

as Director of Photography

1990

The Match Factory Girl

as Director of Photography

1990

I Hired a Contract Killer

as Director of Photography

1987

Hamlet Goes Business

as Director of Photography

2010

A Distant Neighborhood

as Director of Photography

1984

The Clan: Tale of the Frogs

as Director of Photography

2009

Backwood Philosopher

as Director of Photography

2000

Highway Society

as Director of Photography

2002

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

as Director of Photography

2012

Tavern Man

as Director of Photography

1982

The Worthless

as Director of Photography

1985

Rosso

as Director of Photography

2012

Historic Centre

as Director of Photography

1987

Tilinteko

as Director of Photography

2023

Fallen Leaves

as Director of Photography

2024

Eureka

as Director of Photography

2023

Woman at Sea

as Director of Photography

1981

The Saimaa Gesture

as Director of Photography

2008

Red Pearls of Love

as Director of Photography

1977

Viimeinen savotta

as Assistant Camera

2011

Le Havre

as Director of Photography

2017

The Other Side of Hope

as Director of Photography

2002

The Man Without a Past

as Director of Photography

2013

Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla

as Director of Photography

2024

Kill the Jockey

as Director of Photography

2004

Visions of Europe

as Director of Photography

1993

The Last Border

as Director of Photography

1986

Shadows in Paradise

as Director of Photography

2016

Armpits

as Director of Photography

2011

Rat Trap

as Director of Photography

1990

Amazon

as Director of Photography

2016

Swagger

as Director of Photography

1995

Iron Horsemen

as Director of Photography

1989

Cha Cha Cha

as Director of Photography

1989

Paper Star

as Director of Photography

2001

The Classic

as Director of Photography

1997

Vaiennut kylä

as Director of Photography

2004

Pelicanman

as Director of Photography

2014

Jauja

as Director of Photography

1983

Crime and Punishment

as Director of Photography

1986

Rocky VI

as Director of Photography

2014

Pause

as Director of Photography

1985

Calamari Union

as Director of Photography

1992

La Vie de Bohème

as Director of Photography

1994

Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana

as Director of Photography

1994

Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses

as Director of Photography

1999

Juha

as Director of Photography

1996

Drifting Clouds

as Director of Photography

2018

My Branch So Thin

as Director of Photography

1992

The Prodigal Son

as Director of Photography

2020

Fishlove

as Director of Photography

2020

Romantic Guide to Lost Places

as Director of Photography

1994

Total Balalaika Show

as Camera Operator

2004

Bico

as Director of Photography

2024

Kill the Jockey

as Camera Operator

1981

Yö meren rannalla

as Assistant Camera

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