IJ
Photo of Ilkka Järvi-Laturi

Ilkka Järvi-Laturi

Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Additional Credits
Born November 28, 1961Died March 5, 2023 (61 years)
Ilkka Untamo Järvi-Laturi (November 28, 1961 – March 5, 2023) was a Finnish-born US-based film director whose best known film is Spy Games (1999) starring Bill Pullman and Irene Jacob. The film was shot in Helsinki, New York and Toronto. Järvi-Laturi has a cameo role in the film.

Before making the film Spy Games, Järvi-Laturi directed and served as co-director of several films in Finland. He has also acted in the 1985 film The Unknown Soldier.

Järvi-Laturi won the Nordic Film Prize for the best Scandinavian Film of The Year and the highest Finnish film prize Jussi Award (best screenplay) in 1990 for Kotia Päin (Homebound). His Estonian actioner Darkness in Tallinn is the most widely distributed Estonian film so far, and won the Silver Alexander in Thessaloniki and the Fassbinder prize in Mannheim. He previously lived in New York and Beijing.

Known For

  • The Winter War
  • Spy Games
  • Lumberjacking
  • Homebound
  • Linna
  • Tropic of Ice - Jään kääntöpiiri
  • Tomorrow

Filmography

1999
Spy Games · as Man Outside The Jazz-Bar (uncredited)
1989
1988
Lumberjacking · as Kalle
1986
Pluus · as Työnjohtaja Ratapihalla
1985
1984
Angela's War · as Kuoleva Potilas

Take Plex everywhere

Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices