Pirjo Honkasalo
Known for: Directing
Born: February 21, 1947 in Helsinki, Finland
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 was Concrete Night in 2012.
Known for
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Portraits of Women
Film Crew Member (uncredited)
Two Forces
Self
Uuno Turhapuro
Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)
The Dinosaur
Self
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
The Earth Is a Sinful Song
Screenplay
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
Writer
Concrete Night
Screenplay
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest
Director
Hangover
Director of Photography
Flame Top
Director
Fire-Eater
Director
The Sign of Danger
Writer
Helsinki, Forever
Thanks
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils
Producer
Da Capo
Director
Before I die
Director
The Cinderella of Tallinn
Writer
Mysterion
Still Photographer
Hellyys
Camera Operator
The Interrogation
Director of Photography
Orenda
Director
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
Editor
Atman
Director