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Aki Kaurismäki

  • Producer
  • Writer
  • Director
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Aki Kaurismäki
Aki Kaurismäki did a wide variety of jobs including postman, dish-washer and film critic, before forming a production and distribution company, Villealfa (in homage to Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville (1965)) with his older brother Mika Kaurismäki, also a film-maker. Both Aki and Mika are prolific film-makers, and together have been responsible for one-fifth of the total output of the Finnish film industry since the early 1980s, though Aki's work has found more favour abroad. His films are very short (he says a film should never run longer than 90 minutes, and many of his films are nearer 70), eccentric parodies of various genres (road movies, film noir, rock musicals), populated by lugubrious hard-drinking Finns and set to eclectic soundtracks, typically based around '50s rock'n'roll.

In the 1990s he has made films in Britain (I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)) and France (The Bohemian Life (1992)).
BornApril 4, 1957
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BornApril 4, 1957
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  • Awards
    • 56 wins & 67 nominations

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Aki Kaurismäki in Le Havre (2011)
Aki Kaurismäki, Kati Outinen, and Markku Peltola in The Man Without a Past (2002)
Aki Kaurismäki in The Man Without a Past (2002)
Aki Kaurismäki in The Man Without a Past (2002)
Aki Kaurismäki and Pauli Janhunen Calderón in Vandaleyne (2015)
Evelyne Didi, Aki Kaurismäki, and Matti Pellonpää in The Bohemian Life (1992)
Aki Kaurismäki, Kati Outinen, and Markku Peltola in The Man Without a Past (2002)
Aki Kaurismäki, Mika Kaurismäki, Erkki Lahti, and Stefan Lindfors
Aki Kaurismäki at an event for Lights in the Dusk (2006)
Aki Kaurismäki and Sherwan Haji in The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Aki Kaurismäki and Sherwan Haji in The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Aki Kaurismäki, Sakari Kuosmanen, and Sherwan Haji in The Other Side of Hope (2017)

Known for:

Le Havre (2011)
Le Havre
7.2
  • Producer
  • 2011
Kati Outinen and Markku Peltola in The Man Without a Past (2002)
The Man Without a Past
7.6
  • Producer
  • 2002
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
The Other Side of Hope
7.2
  • Producer
  • 2017
The Bohemian Life (1992)
The Bohemian Life
7.6
  • Producer
  • 1992

Credits

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Producer

  • Fallen Leaves (2023)
    Fallen Leaves
    • producer
    • 2023
  • Ilkka Koivula in O Tasqueiro (2018)
    O Tasqueiro
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2018
  • The Other Side of Hope (2017)
    The Other Side of Hope
    • producer
    • 2017
  • Juice Leskinen in Juice Leskinen & Grand Slam: Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla (2013)
    Juice Leskinen & Grand Slam: Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Centro Histórico (2012)
    Centro Histórico
    • producer (segment Guimarães)
    • 2012
  • Le Havre (2011)
    Le Havre
    • producer
    • 2011
  • Barzakh (2011)
    Barzakh
    • producer
    • 2011
  • Bad Family (2010)
    Bad Family
    • producer
    • 2010
  • Nuppu Koivu in Joan of Arc (2009)
    Joan of Arc
    • production
    • Short
    • 2009
  • The Foundry (2007)
    The Foundry
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2007
  • To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
    To Each His Own Cinema
    • producer (segment La Fonderie)
    • 2007
  • Lights in the Dusk (2006)
    Lights in the Dusk
    • producer
    • 2006
  • Visions of Europe (2004)
    Visions of Europe
    • producer (segment Bico)
    • 2004
  • Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
    Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
    • producer (segment Dogs Have No Hell)
    • 2002
  • Kati Outinen and Markku Peltola in The Man Without a Past (2002)
    The Man Without a Past
    • producer
    • 2002

Writer

  • Fallen Leaves (2023)
    Fallen Leaves
    • Writer
    • 2023
  • Ilkka Koivula in O Tasqueiro (2018)
    O Tasqueiro
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2018
  • The Other Side of Hope (2017)
    The Other Side of Hope
    • Writer
    • 2017
  • Juice Leskinen in Juice Leskinen & Grand Slam: Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla (2013)
    Juice Leskinen & Grand Slam: Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla
    • concept
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Centro Histórico (2012)
    Centro Histórico
    • screenplay (segment Guimarães)
    • 2012
  • Le Havre (2011)
    Le Havre
    • written by
    • 2011
  • Calamari Union (Remake) (2008)
    Calamari Union (Remake)
    • screenplay
    • 2008
  • The Foundry (2007)
    The Foundry
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2007
  • To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
    To Each His Own Cinema
    • Writer (segment La Fonderie)
    • 2007
  • Lights in the Dusk (2006)
    Lights in the Dusk
    • Writer
    • 2006
  • Visions of Europe (2004)
    Visions of Europe
    • writer (segment Finland: Bico)
    • 2004
  • I Hired a Contract Killer
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 2003
  • Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
    Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
    • Writer (segment Dogs Have No Hell)
    • 2002
  • Kati Outinen and Markku Peltola in The Man Without a Past (2002)
    The Man Without a Past
    • written by
    • 2002
  • Sakari Kuosmanen and Kati Outinen in Juha (1999)
    Juha
    • scenario
    • 1999

Director

  • Fallen Leaves (2023)
    Fallen Leaves
    • Director
    • 2023
  • Ilkka Koivula in O Tasqueiro (2018)
    O Tasqueiro
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2018
  • The Other Side of Hope (2017)
    The Other Side of Hope
    • Director
    • 2017
  • Juice Leskinen in Juice Leskinen & Grand Slam: Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla (2013)
    Juice Leskinen & Grand Slam: Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Centro Histórico (2012)
    Centro Histórico
    • Director (segment O Tasqueiro)
    • 2012
  • 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)
    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
    • Director
    • 2011
  • Le Havre (2011)
    Le Havre
    • Director
    • 2011
  • The Foundry (2007)
    The Foundry
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2007
  • To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
    To Each His Own Cinema
    • Director (segment La Fonderie)
    • 2007
  • Lights in the Dusk (2006)
    Lights in the Dusk
    • Director
    • 2006
  • Visions of Europe (2004)
    Visions of Europe
    • Director (segment Bico)
    • 2004
  • Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
    Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
    • Director (segment Dogs Have No Hell)
    • 2002
  • Kati Outinen and Markku Peltola in The Man Without a Past (2002)
    The Man Without a Past
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Vera, nadezhda, krov'
    • Director (Finland sequences, uncredited)
    • 2000
  • Sakari Kuosmanen and Kati Outinen in Juha (1999)
    Juha
    • Director
    • 1999

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Aki
  • Height
    • 6′ 5½″ (1.97 m)
  • Born
    • April 4, 1957
    • Orimattila, Finland
  • Spouse
    • Paula Oinonen? - present
  • Other works
    TV commercial for Nippon Shokubai Co. - Director
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 6 Interviews
    • 1 Article

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    When winning the Grand Prix price in Cannes for his film The Man Without a Past (2002), he first thanked himself and then the judges, then he walked off.
  • Quotes
    When I was young, I would sit in the bath and ideas would come to me. But I'm not young any more, so now I just sit in the bath.
  • Trademarks
      Frequently casts Matti Pellonpää

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