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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Movies (34)
Orenda
2025 · Director
The Dinosaur
2021 · Self
Donner - Private
2021 · Writer
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014 · Self
Concrete Night
2013 · Screenplay, Director
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest
2010 · Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
The Interrogation
2009 · Director of Photography
Helsinki, Forever
2008 · Thanks
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
2004 · Writer, Director, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography
Fire-Eater
1998 · Director
Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work
1998 · Director of Photography
Atman
1997 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Cinematography
The Cinderella of Tallinn
1996 · Writer, Director
Christmas in the Distance
1994 · Thanks
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils
1993 · Producer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Mysterion
1991 · Still Photographer, Screenplay, Other, Editor, Director, Director of Photography
Molle: A Director's Portrait of Academian Rauni Mollberg
1991 · Self
Da Capo
1985 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
1983 · Editor, Writer, Producer, Director
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
1982 · Editor, Director of Photography, Director
Flame Top
1980 · Director, Screenplay
Two Forces
1979 · Self, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor, Director
The Sign of Danger
1978 · Writer, Director
Ikäluokka
1976 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
The Earth Is a Sinful Song
1973 · Screenplay, Assistant Director, Sound Editor
Uuno Turhapuro
1973 · Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)
Hangover
1973 · Director of Photography
Hellyys
1972 · Camera Operator
Marja pieni!
1972 · Director of Photography
Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta
1971 · Still Photographer
Pilvilinna
1970 · Director of Photography
Portraits of Women
1970 · Film Crew Member (uncredited), Still Photographer
The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
1968 · Director, Writer
Before I die
1967 · Director
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