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

The Earth Is a Sinful Song

Screenplay

Concrete Night

Concrete Night

Director

The 3 Rooms of Melancholia

The 3 Rooms of Melancholia

Writer

Helsinki, Forever

Helsinki, Forever

Thanks

The Interrogation

The Interrogation

Director of Photography

Uuno Turhapuro

Uuno Turhapuro

Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)

Fire-Eater

Fire-Eater

Director

Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work

Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work

Director of Photography

Filmography

Acting (5)

Movies (5)

The Dinosaur

The Dinosaur

as Self

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

as Self

Two Forces

Two Forces

as Self

Uuno Turhapuro

Uuno Turhapuro

as Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)

Portraits of Women

Portraits of Women

as Film Crew Member (uncredited)

Crew (38)

Movies (38)

Orenda

Orenda

Director

Donner - Private

Donner - Private

Writer

Concrete Night

Concrete Night

Director

Concrete Night

Concrete Night

Screenplay

ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest

ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest

Cinematography

ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest

ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest

Director

ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest

ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest

Director of Photography

ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest

ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest

Editor

ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest

ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest

Writer

The Interrogation

The Interrogation

Director of Photography

Helsinki, Forever

Helsinki, Forever

Thanks

The 3 Rooms of Melancholia

The 3 Rooms of Melancholia

Writer

Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work

Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work

Director of Photography

Fire-Eater

Fire-Eater

Director

Atman

Atman

Director

The Cinderella of Tallinn

The Cinderella of Tallinn

Writer

Christmas in the Distance

Christmas in the Distance

Thanks

Tanjuska and the 7 Devils

Tanjuska and the 7 Devils

Director

Mysterion

Mysterion

Still Photographer

Da Capo

Da Capo

Director

250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament

250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament

Editor

Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki

Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki

Director

Flame Top

Flame Top

Director

Two Forces

Two Forces

Director

Two Forces

Two Forces

Director of Photography

Two Forces

Two Forces

Editor

Two Forces

Two Forces

Writer

The Sign of Danger

Director

Ikäluokka

Ikäluokka

Director

Hangover

Hangover

Director of Photography

The Earth Is a Sinful Song

The Earth Is a Sinful Song

Screenplay

Marja pieni!

Marja pieni!

Director of Photography

Hellyys

Hellyys

Camera Operator

Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta

Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta

Still Photographer

Portraits of Women

Portraits of Women

Still Photographer

Pilvilinna

Pilvilinna

Director of Photography

The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth

The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth

Director

Before I die

Director