Pirjo Honkasalo
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Pirjo Honkasalo

Feb 22, 1947 - Helsinki, Finland

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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Cast

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Movie1970Portraits of WomenFilm Crew Member (uncredited)
Movie1979Two ForcesSelf
Movie1973Uuno TurhapuroNainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)
Movie2021The DinosaurSelf
Movie2014Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel WomenSelf

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Movie1973The Earth Is a Sinful SongScreenplayWriting
Movie1970Portraits of WomenStill PhotographerCamera
Movie2004The 3 Rooms of MelancholiaWriterWriting
Movie2004The 3 Rooms of MelancholiaDirectorDirecting
Movie2013Concrete NightScreenplayWriting
Movie2013Concrete NightDirectorDirecting
Movie2010ITO – A Diary of an Urban PriestDirectorDirecting
Movie1973HangoverDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie1980Flame TopDirectorDirecting
Movie1998Fire-EaterDirectorDirecting
Movie1978The Sign of DangerDirectorDirecting
Movie1978The Sign of DangerWriterWriting
Movie2008Helsinki, ForeverThanksCrew
Movie1979Two ForcesEditorEditing
Movie1979Two ForcesWriterWriting
Movie1979Two ForcesDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie1993Tanjuska and the 7 DevilsDirectorDirecting
Movie1993Tanjuska and the 7 DevilsProducerProduction
Movie1993Tanjuska and the 7 DevilsEditorEditing
Movie1973The Earth Is a Sinful SongAssistant DirectorDirecting
Movie1985Da CapoDirectorDirecting
Movie1967Before I dieDirectorDirecting
Movie1996The Cinderella of TallinnWriterWriting
Movie1996The Cinderella of TallinnDirectorDirecting
Movie1991MysterionStill PhotographerCamera
Movie1991MysterionDirectorDirecting
Movie1991MysterionOtherCrew
Movie1991MysterionScreenplayWriting
Movie1991MysterionOtherSound
Movie1991MysterionEditorEditing
Movie1972HellyysCamera OperatorCamera
Movie2009The InterrogationDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie2025OrendaDirectorDirecting
Movie1983250 Grammes – A Radioactive TestamentEditorEditing
Movie1983250 Grammes – A Radioactive TestamentProducerProduction
Movie1983250 Grammes – A Radioactive TestamentDirectorDirecting
Movie1983250 Grammes – A Radioactive TestamentWriterWriting
Movie1997AtmanDirectorDirecting
Movie1979Two ForcesDirectorDirecting
Movie1968The Whole Truth and Nothing but the TruthDirectorDirecting
Movie1968The Whole Truth and Nothing but the TruthWriterWriting
Movie2004The 3 Rooms of MelancholiaProducerProduction
Movie2004The 3 Rooms of MelancholiaEditorEditing
Movie1972Marja pieni!Director of PhotographyCamera
Movie1970PilvilinnaDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie1998Ingmar Bergman on Life and WorkDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie1991MysterionDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie2004The 3 Rooms of MelancholiaDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie1993Tanjuska and the 7 DevilsDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie1973The Earth Is a Sinful SongSound EditorSound
Movie1982Nine Ways to Approach HelsinkiDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie1982Nine Ways to Approach HelsinkiDirectorDirecting
Movie1982Nine Ways to Approach HelsinkiEditorEditing
Movie1985Da CapoEditorEditing
Movie1997AtmanWriterWriting
Movie1997AtmanDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie1980Flame TopScreenplayWriting
Movie1985Da CapoScreenplayWriting
Movie2021Donner - PrivateWriterWriting
Movie1994Christmas in the DistanceThanksCrew
Movie1976IkäluokkaDirectorDirecting
Movie1976IkäluokkaWriterWriting
Movie1976IkäluokkaDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie1976IkäluokkaEditorEditing
Movie2010ITO – A Diary of an Urban PriestWriterWriting
Movie2010ITO – A Diary of an Urban PriestCinematographyCrew
Movie2010ITO – A Diary of an Urban PriestEditorEditing
Movie1997AtmanCinematographyCrew