Pirjo Honkasaloborn 1947

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Director

Popularity

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Famous

Biography

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.

Credits

Orenda
Orenda

2025

Drama

Director

0
0.3
Donner - Private
Donner - Private

2021

Documentary

Writer

6.5
0.1
Concrete Night
Concrete Night

2013

Drama

Screenplay, Director

5.9
0.4
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest

2010

Documentary

Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor

6
0
The Interrogation
The Interrogation

2009

Drama

Director of Photography

6.2
0.3
Helsinki, Forever
Helsinki, Forever

2008

Documentary

Thanks

6.8
0.1
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia

2004

Documentary

Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography

7.4
0.2
Fire-Eater
Fire-Eater

1998

Drama

Director

5.4
0.2
Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work
Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work

1998

Documentary

Director of Photography

7.2
0.1
Atman
Atman

1997

Documentary

Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Cinematography

5
0
The Cinderella of Tallinn
The Cinderella of Tallinn

1996

Documentary

Writer, Director

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Christmas in the Distance
Christmas in the Distance

1994

Documentary

Thanks

6
0.1
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils

1993

Documentary

Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography

4
0
Mysterion
Mysterion

1991

Documentary

Still Photographer, Director, Other, Screenplay, Other, Editor, Director of Photography

6
0.2
Da Capo
Da Capo

1985

Drama

Director, Editor, Screenplay

2
0.1
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament

1983

Drama

Editor, Producer, Director, Writer

0
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Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki

1982

Documentary

Director of Photography, Director, Editor

7
0.1
Flame Top
Flame Top

1980

Drama

Director, Screenplay

5.6
0.2
Two Forces
Two Forces

1979

Documentary • Drama • War

Editor, Writer, Director of Photography, Director

5.7
0.1
The Sign of Danger
The Sign of Danger

1978

Documentary

Director, Writer

6
0.1
Ikäluokka
Ikäluokka

1976

Documentary

Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor

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The Earth Is a Sinful Song
The Earth Is a Sinful Song

1973

Drama

Screenplay, Assistant Director, Sound Editor

6.8
0.3
Hangover
Hangover

1973

Comedy • Drama • Romance

Director of Photography

3.1
0.3
Hellyys
Hellyys

1972

Comedy

Camera Operator

3.5
0.1
Marja pieni!
Marja pieni!

1972

Drama

Director of Photography

5.5
0.1
Pilvilinna
Pilvilinna

1970

Drama

Director of Photography

3.7
0.1
Portraits of Women
Portraits of Women

1970

Comedy • Drama

Still Photographer

5.1
0.2
The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth

1968

Documentary

Director, Writer

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0.1
Before I die
Before I die

1967

Director

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