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Aki Kaurismäki‌

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Aki Kaurismäki

Orimattila, Finland

Aki Kaurismäki

Orimattila, Finland

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1957-04-04

Popularity

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Biography

Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (Finnish: [ˈɑki ˈkɑu̯rismæki]; born 4 April 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. His is an older brother to 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 as a director, although the retirement was short-lived as he began filming another film, Fallen Leaves, in 2022, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023.

Movie Credits

I Hired a Contract Killer

I Hired a Contract Killer‌
star6.9
calendar 1990

Aaltra

Aaltra‌
star6.3
calendar 2004

The Worthless

The Worthless‌
star6.2
calendar 1982

Iron Horsemen

Iron Horsemen‌
star6.0
calendar 1995

Cinéma Laika

Cinéma Laika‌
star8.0
calendar 2023

Valokeilassa Atte Blom

Valokeilassa Atte Blom‌
star0.0
calendar 2015

The Liar

The Liar‌
star6.3
calendar 1981

I Am Curious, Film

I Am Curious, Film‌
star3.8
calendar 1995

The Dinosaur

The Dinosaur‌
star6.8
calendar 2021

Plankton Salesmen

Plankton Salesmen‌
star0.0
calendar 2017

Temples of Dreams

Temples of Dreams‌
star6.3
calendar 2015

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Aki Kaurismäki

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Aki Kaurismäki‌
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calendar 1991

Peter von Bagh

Peter von Bagh‌
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calendar 2016

Jean-Pierre Léaud - The Child of Cinema

Jean-Pierre Léaud - The Child of Cinema‌
star0.0
calendar 2024

Talking with Ozu

Talking with Ozu‌
star6.5
calendar 1993

Calamari Union

Calamari Union‌
star6.8
calendar 1985

Il était une fois... Le Havre

Il était une fois... Le Havre‌
star6.0
calendar 2014

Viimeiset rotannahat

Viimeiset rotannahat‌
star5.3
calendar 1985

A Special Day

A Special Day‌
star6.0
calendar 2012

Huhtikuu on kuukausista julmin

Huhtikuu on kuukausista julmin‌
star4.0
calendar 1983

Ylösnousemus

Ylösnousemus‌
star5.5
calendar 1985

Bohemian Eyes

Bohemian Eyes‌
star6.7
calendar 2011

Crítico

Crítico‌
star7.9
calendar 2008

Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses

Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses‌
star5.8
calendar 1994

Aki Kaurismäki

Aki Kaurismäki‌
star5.7
calendar 2001

Jackpot 2

Jackpot 2‌
star5.1
calendar 1982

Shadows in Paradise

Shadows in Paradise‌
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calendar 1986

Where Is Musette?

Where Is Musette?‌
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calendar 1992

Aki and Peter

Aki and Peter‌
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calendar 2018

Rocky VI

Rocky VI‌
star5.7
calendar 1986

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