Ere Kokkonen
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 7, 1938
- Died
- October 16, 2008 (aged 70)
- Birthplace
- Savonlinna, Finland
Biography
Erkki Olavi "Ere" Kokkonen (7 July 1938 – 16 October 2008), born in Savonlinna, was a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He worked closely with Spede Pasanen all the way from the 1960s until Spede's death, as a director, writer and also an actor. Kokkonen's feature film debut was Millipilleri (1966), co-directed with Spede Pasanen and Jukka Virtanen. In later decades, when Turhapuro films were made less frequently, Kokkonen scripted and directed the Vääpeli Körmy series of films His career as a director also includes filming of Arto Paasilinna's books, including The Ten Graters and A Charming Mass Suicide. Kokkonen worked for both YLE and MTV3, where he served as entertainment director from 1974 to 1984. Kokkonen was the founder of the Comedy Theater Arena in 1995. He was the theatre's artistic director, director and screenwriter for most of the theater's performances. His wife Anna-Maija Kokkonen is the CEO of Arena. With his ex-wife Titta Jokinen, Kokkonen has daughter Kiti Kokkonen who is an actress. In 1991 Ere Kokkonen founded a film production company, Ere Kokkonen Oy, which is still working. In 2007 he wrote his memoirs, titled Memories return in Fragments. Kokkonen died at the age of 70 in 2008 after a prolonged illness.
Known For
Uuno Epsanjassa
Uuno Turhapuro armeijan leivissä
Pikkupojat
Uuno Turhapuro menettää muistinsa
Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha
Uuno Turhapuro
Uuno Turhapuron muisti palailee pätkittäin
Professori Uuno D.G. Turhapuro
Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva
Häpy endkö? Eli kuinka Uuno Turhapuro sai niin kauniin ja rikkaan vaimon
Uuno Turhapuro Suomen Tasavallan Herra Presidentti
Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle
Filmography
Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life
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Kymmenen riivinrautaa
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Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha
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Johtaja Uuno Turhapuro pisnismies
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Vääpeli Körmy ja kahtesti laukeava
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Elämä lyhyt, Rytkönen pitkä
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Vääpeli Körmy – taisteluni
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Uuno Turhapuro Suomen Tasavallan Herra Presidentti
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Vääpeli Körmy ja etelän hetelmät
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Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet
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Uuno Turhapuro herra Helsingin herra
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Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva
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Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle
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Pikkupojat
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Liian iso keikka
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Uuno Epsanjassa
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Hei kliffaa hei
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Uuno Turhapuro armeijan leivissä
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Uuno Turhapuron muisti palailee pätkittäin
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Uuno Turhapuro menettää muistinsa
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Uuno Turhapuron aviokriisi
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Rautakauppias Uuno Turhapuro, presidentin vävy
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Häpy endkö? Eli kuinka Uuno Turhapuro sai niin kauniin ja rikkaan vaimon
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Lottovoittaja UKK Turhapuro
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Professori Uuno D.G. Turhapuro
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Viu-hah hah-taja
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Uuno Turhapuro
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Jussi Pussi
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Speedy Gonzales – noin 7 veljeksen poika
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Leikkikalugangsteri
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Näköradiomiehen ihmeelliset siekailut
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Pohjan tähteet
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Millipilleri
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