# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jaakko-pakkasvirta
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:25:04.008Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jaakko-pakkasvirta"
name: "Jaakko Pakkasvirta"
slug: "jaakko-pakkasvirta"
description: "Jaakko Juhani Pakkasvirta was a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 30 films between 1958 and 2000. His 1975 film Home for Christmas was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1978 film Poet and Muse was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival."
tagline: "Finnish film director, actor and screenwriter (1934–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jaakko-Pakkasvirta-1969.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1934-11-28"
deathDate: "2018-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.80324
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0657122/"
    handle:    "nm0657122"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "چاكو پاكاسڤيرتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaakko_Pakkasvirta"
    title: "Jaakko Pakkasvirta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaakko_Pakkasvirta"
    title: "Jaakko Pakkasvirta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaakko_Pakkasvirta"
    title: "Jaakko Pakkasvirta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaakko_Pakkasvirta"
    title: "Jaakko Pakkasvirta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaakko_Pakkasvirta"
    title: "Jaakko Pakkasvirta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaakko_Pakkasvirta"
    title: "Jaakko Pakkasvirta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaakko_Pakkasvirta"
    title: "Jaakko Pakkasvirta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaakko_Pakkasvirta"
    title: "Jaakko Pakkasvirta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/02063cc7-fd0d-4d14-ad71-d467cf5e8e5e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2656592"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump