Pirjo Honkasalo

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.

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Portraits of Women

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Portraits of Women

Film Crew Member (uncredited)

1970 Comedy
Two Forces

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Two Forces

Self

1979 Drama
Uuno Turhapuro

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Uuno Turhapuro

Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)

1973 Comedy
The Dinosaur

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The Dinosaur

Self

2021 Documentary
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

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Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

Self

2014 Documentary
The Earth Is a Sinful Song

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The Earth Is a Sinful Song

Screenplay

1973 Drama
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia

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The 3 Rooms of Melancholia

Writer

2004 Documentary
Concrete Night

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Concrete Night

Screenplay

2013 Drama
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest

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ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest

Director

2010 Documentary
Hangover

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Hangover

Director of Photography

1973 Romance
Flame Top

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Flame Top

Director

1980 Drama
Fire-Eater

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Fire-Eater

Director

1998 Drama
The Sign of Danger

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The Sign of Danger

Writer

1977 Documentary
Helsinki, Forever

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Helsinki, Forever

Thanks

2008 Documentary
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils

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Tanjuska and the 7 Devils

Producer

1993 Documentary
Da Capo

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Da Capo

Director

1985 Drama
Before I die

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Before I die

Director

1966 Drama
The Cinderella of Tallinn

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The Cinderella of Tallinn

Writer

1996 Documentary
Mysterion

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Mysterion

Still Photographer

1991 Documentary
Hellyys

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Hellyys

Camera Operator

1972 Comedy
The Interrogation

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The Interrogation

Director of Photography

2009 Drama
Orenda

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Orenda

Director

2025 Drama
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament

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250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament

Editor

1983 Drama
Atman

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Atman

Director

1997 Documentary