# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mikko-niskanen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:50:57.553Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mikko-niskanen"
name: "Mikko Niskanen"
slug: "mikko-niskanen"
description: "Mikko Johannes Niskanen was a Finnish film director, actor, producer and screenwriter. He directed more than 40 films between 1956 and 1988. His most acclaimed films include The Boys (1962), Under Your Skin (1966) The Song of the Blood-Red Flower (1971), and Eight Deadly Shots (1972). He won a record number of six Jussi Awards for direction over his career."
tagline: "Finnish film director, actor, producer, screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mikko_Niskanen_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1929-01-31"
deathDate: "1990-11-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.07365066666667
  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/nm0632852/"
    handle:    "nm0632852"
sources:
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    title: "ميكو نيسكانين"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikko_Niskanen"
    title: "Mikko Niskanen"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikko_Niskanen"
    title: "Mikko Niskanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikko_Niskanen"
    title: "Mikko Niskanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikko_Niskanen"
    title: "Mikko Niskanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikko_Niskanen"
    title: "Mikko Niskanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mikko Niskanen"
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    title: "Mikko Niskanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mikko Niskanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Mikko Niskanen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump