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Mikko Niskanen

Mikko Niskanen

ActorDirectorWriterProducerCinematographer Jan 31 (died age 61) Äänekoski, Finland 1950–1988 (38 year career)
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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 interes…

Known For

The Unknown Soldier
Film

The Unknown Soldier

Mielonen
Eight Deadly Shots
Film

Eight Deadly Shots

Pasi
The Boys
Film

The Boys

Director
Here, Beneath the North Star
Film

Here, Beneath the North Star

6.8 1968
Skin, Skin
Film

Skin, Skin

Man on Dance Floor (uncredited)
Gotta Run!
Film

Gotta Run!

Aaro, työnjohtaja
Nuoruuteni savotat
Film

Nuoruuteni savotat

(uncredited)
Elämän vonkamies
Film

Elämän vonkamies

Auku-eno

Filmography

Acting (33)

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