Pirjo Honkasalo
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 22, 1947 (age 79)
- Birthplace
- Helsinki, Finland
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 was Concrete Night in 2012.
Known For
Filmography
Orenda
Movie · Director
Concrete Night
Movie · Director
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest
Movie · Director
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
Movie · Director
Fire-Eater
Movie · Director
Atman
Movie · Director
The Cinderella of Tallinn
Movie · Director
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils
Movie · Director
Mysterion
Movie · Director
Da Capo
Movie · Director
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
Movie · Director
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
Movie · Director
Flame Top
Movie · Director
Two Forces
Movie · Director
The Sign of Danger
Movie · Director
Ikäluokka
Movie · Director
The Earth Is a Sinful Song
Movie · Assistant Director
The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
Movie · Director
Before I die
Movie · Director