# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/esko-elstela
# Generated: 2026-09-07T22:43:26.797Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/esko-elstela"
name: "Esko Elstelä"
slug: "esko-elstela"
description: "Esko Elstelä was a Finnish screenwriter and film director. His 1964 film Onnelliset leikit was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. Elstelä worked as a director at the Finnish National Theatre from 1974 to 1994. He also translated many plays into Finnish."
tagline: "Finnish screenwriter, film director, song lyric translator (1931–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Esko_Elstel%C3%A4_(1963)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1931-11-15"
deathDate: "2007-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.48
  momentum:             8.055555555555555
  historical:           7.268034666666666
  currentAttention:     41.66666666666667
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0255723/"
    handle:    "nm0255723"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/833307"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "اسكو الستيلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esko_Elstel%C3%A4"
    title: "Esko Elstelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esko_Elstel%C3%A4"
    title: "Esko Elstelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esko_Elstel%C3%A4"
    title: "Esko Elstelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esko_Elstel%C3%A4"
    title: "Esko Elstelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esko_Elstel%C3%A4"
    title: "Esko Elstelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ea51272d-f2b8-4ee8-8ab4-f7c9e421a4f9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q616747"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1914727"
    title: "Esko Elstelä"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump