Pirjo Honkasalo
Writer, Director, Actor, Editor, Producer
February 22, 1947 (79 years)
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2021 | |
| 2013 | Concrete Night · as Screenplay |
| 2009 | |
| 2004 | |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1991 | Mysterion · as Screenplay |
| 1985 | Da Capo · as Screenplay |
| 1982 | |
| 1980 | Flame Top · as Screenplay |
| 1979 | |
| 1973 | The Earth Is a Sinful Song · as Screenplay |
| 1968 |
| 2025 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2004 | |
| 1998 | |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1980 | |
| 1979 | |
| 1968 |
| 1973 | Uuno Turhapuro · as Nainen Raitiovaunussa (uncredited) |
| 1970 | Pilvilinna · as Tyttö Suihkulähteellä |
| 1970 | Portraits of Women · as Film Crew Member (uncredited) |
| 2021 | The Dinosaur · as Self |
| 2016 | Wirkkala, mies joka muotoili Suomen · as Self |
| 2012 | |
| 2004 | Sininen laulu · as Self |
| 1997 | Ylen aamu · as Self |
| 1979 | Two Forces · as Self |
| 1971 | A-studio · as Self |
| 2012 | Ammatti: elokuvaohjaaja - Pirjo Honkasalo · as Cinematographer |
| 2009 | Seitti - kilvoittelijan päiväkirja · as Director Of Photography |
| 2009 | The Interrogation · as Director Of Photography |
| 2004 | Melancholian 3 huonetta · as Director Of Photography |
| 1998 | Ingmar Bergman: On Life and Work · as Director Of Photography |
| 1996 | Atman · as Director Of Photography |
| 1996 | The Cinderella of Tallinn · as Cinematographer |
| 1993 | Tanjuska and the Seven Devils · as Director Of Photography |
| 1991 | Mysterion · as Director Of Photography |
| 1991 | Mysterion · as Other |
| 1982 | Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki · as Director Of Photography |
| 1982 | Ylioppilas ja piru · as Cinematographer |
| 1979 | Two Forces · as Director Of Photography |
| 1978 | The Bergman File · as Cinematographer |
| 1973 | The Earth Is a Sinful Song · as Assistant Director |
| 1973 | The Earth Is a Sinful Song · as Sound Editor |
| 1973 | Hangover · as Director Of Photography |
| 1972 | Poor Little Maria! · as Director Of Photography |
| 1970 | Pilvilinna · as Director Of Photography |