Mikko Niskanen
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1929-01-31 (61 years old)
Deathday
1990-11-25
Place of Birth
Äänekoski, Finland
Also known As
Kalervo Lehto
Mikko Niskanen
Biography
Mikko Niskanen was a Finnish film director and actor. He was born in Äänekoski, Central Finland in 1929. He was the third of six children, and his father worked as a timber barge pilot. His mother too had a job outside the home, so the children often spent summers with their grandmother in Viitasaari. At the age of 13, Mikko Niskanen started working in timber felling and floating. Two years later he enrolled in a vocational school in Jyväskylä to become a car mechanic. He took a serious interest in amateur theatre and was accepted to study at the Finnish Theatre Academy in Helsinki from 1947 until 1950. He then acted in Jyväskylä and Kuopio ...
Acting
1955
as artist Sumppu
1971
as Palsami / Rehentelevä tukkilainen
1955
as (uncredited)
1957
as (uncredited)
1958
as (uncredited)
1958
as (uncredited)
1958
1960
as (uncredited)
1950
as (uncredited)
1966
as Man on Dance Floor (uncredited)
1967
as luennoitsija
1962
as (uncredited)
1988
as (uncredited)
1962
1958
as (uncredited)
1986
as Auku-eno
1967
as Netsajev
1983
as Martti, Monan äidin esimies
1978
as Kalervo Haapanen
1972
as Pasi
1977
as Heikki Niskanen
1957
as UN-soldier #2
1957
as (uncredited)
1955
as Mielonen
1955
as Villager (uncredited)
1982
as Aaro, työnjohtaja
Production
1986
as Screenplay
1958
as Location Manager
1972
as Writer
1972
as Director of Photography
1967
as Director
1968
as Director
1956
as Location Manager
1966
as Director
1962
as Director
1967
as Director
1972
as Director
1978
as Director
1988
as Director
1963
as Director
1963
as Director
1982
as Writer
1982
as Director
1963
as Screenplay
1968
as Screenplay
1967
as Writer
1982
as Producer
1963
as Screenplay
1986
as Director
1978
as Screenplay
1972
as Producer
1978
as Producer
1983
as Director
1983
as Producer
1977
as Screenplay
1971
as Director
1988
as Screenplay
1977
as Director
1971
as Screenplay
1977
as Producer
1967
as Director
1962
as Screenplay
1976
as Producer
1976
as Production Supervisor
1976
as Producer
1979
as Producer
1983
as Story
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