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Pirjo Honkasalo

Pirjo Honkasalo

DirectorWriterActorCrewCinematographer Feb 22 (age 79) Helsinki, Finland 1967–2025 (58 year career)
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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 w…

Known For

The Earth Is a Sinful Song
Film

The Earth Is a Sinful Song

Screenplay
Concrete Night
Film

Concrete Night

Director
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
Film

The 3 Rooms of Melancholia

Writer
Helsinki, Forever
Film

Helsinki, Forever

Thanks
The Interrogation
Film

The Interrogation

Director of Photography
Uuno Turhapuro
Film

Uuno Turhapuro

Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)
Fire-Eater
Film

Fire-Eater

Director
Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work
Film

Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work

Director of Photography

Filmography