Aki Kaurismäki
Aki Kaurismäki
Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (Finnish: [ˈɑki ˈkɑu̯rismæki]; born April 4,1957; Orimattila) is a Finnish film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and actor. He is best known for the award-winning Drifting Clouds (1996), The Man Without a Past (2002), Le Havre (2011), The Other Side of Hope (2017) and Fallen Leaves (2023), as well as for the mockumentary Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989). He is described as Finland's best-known film director. He is the younger brother of director and screenwriter Mika Kaurismäki. After graduating in media studies from the University of Tampere, Kaurismäki worked as a bricklayer, postman, and dish-washer, long before pursuing his interest in cinema, first as a critic, and later as a screenwriter & director. He started his career as a co-screenwriter and actor in films made by his older brother, Mika Kaurismäki. He played the main role in Mika's film The Liar (1981). Together they founded the production company Villealfa Filmproductions and later the Midnight Sun Film Festival. His debut as an independent director was Crime and Punishment (1983), an adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel set in modern Helsinki. He gained worldwide attention with Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989). Kaurismäki's film Ariel (1988) was entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Prix FIPRESCI. Kaurismäki's most acclaimed film has been The Man Without a Past, which won the Grand Prix and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category in 2003. However, Kaurismäki refused to attend the Oscar ceremony, asserting that he did not feel like partying in a country that was in a state of war. Kaurismäki's next film Lights in the Dusk was also chosen to be Finland's nominee for best foreign-language film, but Kaurismäki again boycotted the awards and refused the nomination, as a protest against U.S. President George W. Bush's foreign policy. In 2002 Kaurismäki also boycotted the 40th New York Film Festival in a show of solidarity with the Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, who was not given a US visa in time for the festival. Kaurismäki's 2017 film The Other Side of Hope won the Silver Bear for Best Director award at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. At the same festival he also announced that it would be his last film, although the retirement was short-lived as he began filming Fallen Leaves in 2022, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023.
Directed Movies
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Writers: Aki Kaurismäki,
Cast: Alma Pöysti, Janne Hyytiäinen, Jussi Vatanen, Karar Al-Bazoon, Mia Snellman, Mika Nikander, Mikko Mykkänen, Nuppu Koivu, Sherwan Haji, Toni Buckman,
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Writers: Aki Kaurismäki,
Cast: Abdi Jama, Ilkka Koivula, Janne Hyytiäinen, Kaija Pakarinen, Niroz Haji, Nuppu Koivu, Sakari Kuosmanen, Sherwan Haji, Simon Al-Bazoon, Tuomari Nurmio,
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Writers: Aki Kaurismäki,
Cast: André Wilms, Blondin Miguel, Elina Salo, Evelyne Didi, François Monnié, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Kati Outinen, Pierre Étaix, Quoc Dung Nguyen, Roberto Piazza,
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Writers: Aki Kaurismäki,
Cast: Anneli Sauli, Annikki Tähti, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari, Juhani Niemelä, Kaija Pakarinen, Kati Outinen, Markku Peltola, Outi Mäenpää, Sakari Kuosmanen,
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Writers: Aki Kaurismäki,
Cast: Elina Salo, Kari Lindqvist, Kari Väänänen, Kati Outinen, Markku Peltola, Markus Allan, Matti Onnismaa, Pauli Granfelt, Sakari Kuosmanen, Shelley Fisher,
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Writers: Aki Kaurismäki,
Cast: Alexis Nitzer, André Wilms, Carlos Salgado, Christine Murillo, Evelyne Didi, Gilles Charmant, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kari Väänänen, Matti Pellonpää, Sylvie Van Den Elsen,
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Writers: Aki Kaurismäki,
Cast: Angela Walsh, Charles Cork, Cyril Epstein, Imogen Claire, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kenneth Colley, Margi Clarke, Michael O'Hagan, Nicky Tesco, T.R. Bowen,
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Writers: Aki Kaurismäki,
Cast: Heikki Keskinen, Kari Väänänen, Mato Valtonen, Matti Pellonpää, Mauri Sumén, Pimme Korhonen, Puka Oinonen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Sakke Järvenpää, Silu Seppälä,
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Writers: Aki Kaurismäki,
Cast: Aino Seppo, Esko Nikkari, Hannu Lauri, Hannu Lemola, Harri Marstio, Kari Sorvali, Markku Toikka, Matti Pellonpää, Olli Tuominen, Pedro Hietanen,
Acted Movies
Director: Gustave Kervern
Writers: Gustave Kervern,
Cast: Aki Kaurismäki, Benoît Delépine, Bouli Lanners, Gérard Condejean, Gustave Kervern, Isabelle Delépine, Jan Bucquoy, Michel de Gavre, Pierre Carles, Pierre Ghenassia,
Written Movies
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Writers: Aki Kaurismäki,
Cast: Alma Pöysti, Janne Hyytiäinen, Jussi Vatanen, Karar Al-Bazoon, Mia Snellman, Mika Nikander, Mikko Mykkänen, Nuppu Koivu, Sherwan Haji, Toni Buckman,
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Writers: Aki Kaurismäki,
Cast: Abdi Jama, Ilkka Koivula, Janne Hyytiäinen, Kaija Pakarinen, Niroz Haji, Nuppu Koivu, Sakari Kuosmanen, Sherwan Haji, Simon Al-Bazoon, Tuomari Nurmio,
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Writers: Aki Kaurismäki,
Cast: André Wilms, Blondin Miguel, Elina Salo, Evelyne Didi, François Monnié, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Kati Outinen, Pierre Étaix, Quoc Dung Nguyen, Roberto Piazza,
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Writers: Aki Kaurismäki,
Cast: Anneli Sauli, Annikki Tähti, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari, Juhani Niemelä, Kaija Pakarinen, Kati Outinen, Markku Peltola, Outi Mäenpää, Sakari Kuosmanen,
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Writers: Aki Kaurismäki,
Cast: Elina Salo, Kari Lindqvist, Kari Väänänen, Kati Outinen, Markku Peltola, Markus Allan, Matti Onnismaa, Pauli Granfelt, Sakari Kuosmanen, Shelley Fisher,
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Writers: Aki Kaurismäki,
Cast: Angela Walsh, Charles Cork, Cyril Epstein, Imogen Claire, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kenneth Colley, Margi Clarke, Michael O'Hagan, Nicky Tesco, T.R. Bowen,
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Writers: Aki Kaurismäki,
Cast: Aino Seppo, Esko Nikkari, Hannu Lauri, Hannu Lemola, Harri Marstio, Kari Sorvali, Markku Toikka, Matti Pellonpää, Olli Tuominen, Pedro Hietanen,