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Pirjo Honkasalo

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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Directing

1967

[ ] Before I die (Director)

1968

[ ] The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth (Director)

1973

[ ] The Earth Is a Sinful Song (Assistant Director)

1976

[ ] Ikäluokka (Director)

1978

[ ] The Sign of Danger (Director)

1979

[ ] Two Forces (Director)

1980

[ ] Flame Top (Director)

1982

[ ] Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki (Director)

1983

[ ] 250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament (Director)

1985

[ ] Da Capo (Director)

1991

[ ] Mysterion (Director)

1993

[ ] Tanjuska and the 7 Devils (Director)

1996

[ ] The Cinderella of Tallinn (Director)

1997

[ ] Atman (Director)

1998

[ ] Fire-Eater (Director)

2004

[ ] The 3 Rooms of Melancholia (Director)

2010

[ ] ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest (Director)

2013

[ ] Concrete Night (Director)

2025

[ ] Orenda (Director)

Writing

1968

[ ] The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth (Writer)

1973

[ ] The Earth Is a Sinful Song (Screenplay)

1976

[ ] Ikäluokka (Writer)

1978

[ ] The Sign of Danger (Writer)

1979

[ ] Two Forces (Writer)

1980

[ ] Flame Top (Screenplay)

1983

[ ] 250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament (Writer)

1985

[ ] Da Capo (Screenplay)

1991

[ ] Mysterion (Screenplay)

1996

[ ] The Cinderella of Tallinn (Writer)

1997

[ ] Atman (Writer)

2004

[ ] The 3 Rooms of Melancholia (Writer)

2010

[ ] ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest (Writer)

2013

[ ] Concrete Night (Screenplay)

2021

[ ] Donner - Private (Writer)

Camera

1970

[ ] Portraits of Women (Still Photographer)
[ ] Pilvilinna (Director of Photography)

1971

[ ] Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta (Still Photographer)

1972

[ ] Hellyys (Camera Operator)
[ ] Marja pieni! (Director of Photography)

1973

[ ] Hangover (Director of Photography)

1976

[ ] Ikäluokka (Director of Photography)

1979

[ ] Two Forces (Director of Photography)

1982

[ ] Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki (Director of Photography)

1991

[ ] Mysterion (Still Photographer)
[ ] Mysterion (Director of Photography)

1993

[ ] Tanjuska and the 7 Devils (Director of Photography)

1997

[ ] Atman (Director of Photography)

1998

[ ] Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work (Director of Photography)

2004

[ ] The 3 Rooms of Melancholia (Director of Photography)

2009

[ ] The Interrogation (Director of Photography)

Crew

1991

[ ] Mysterion (Other)

1994

[ ] Christmas in the Distance (Thanks)

1997

[ ] Atman (Cinematography)

2008

[ ] Helsinki, Forever (Thanks)

2010

[ ] ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest (Cinematography)

Editing

1976

[ ] Ikäluokka (Editor)

1979

[ ] Two Forces (Editor)

1982

[ ] Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki (Editor)

1983

[ ] 250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament (Editor)

1985

[ ] Da Capo (Editor)

1991

[ ] Mysterion (Editor)

1993

[ ] Tanjuska and the 7 Devils (Editor)

2004

[ ] The 3 Rooms of Melancholia (Editor)

2010

[ ] ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest (Editor)

Production

1983

[ ] 250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament (Producer)

1993

[ ] Tanjuska and the 7 Devils (Producer)

2004

[ ] The 3 Rooms of Melancholia (Producer)

Sound

1973

[ ] The Earth Is a Sinful Song (Sound Editor)

1991

[ ] Mysterion (Other)

Actor

1970

[ ] Portraits of Women (Film Crew Member (uncredited))

1973

[ ] Uuno Turhapuro (Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited))

1979

[ ] Two Forces (Self)

2014

[ ] Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (Self)

2021

[ ] The Dinosaur (Self)