Aki Kaurismäki
Finnish film director · Finland · On the map · Directors · Born 1957 · age 69
Aki Olavi Kaurismäki is a Finnish filmmaker. He is best known for films such as Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989), Drifting Clouds (1996), The Man Without a Past (2002), Le Havre (2011), The Other Side of Hope (2017), and Fallen Leaves (2023).
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Fallen LeavesFilm, Director, Writer2017Silver Bear for Best DirectorAward2016Carrosse d'orAward2015
Dirty HandsFilm, Director, Writer2012“When all the hope is gone, there is no reason for pessimism.”In their words4 April 2012Seven rounds with Aki Kaurismäki , Guardian 4 April 2012.2011Annual award ACFKAwardLouis Delluc PrizeAward
Le HavreFilm, 2011Director, Writer2008
CriticFilm2006Leopard of HonourAward2005Berliner KunstpreisAward2004
AaltraFilm, Aaltra's Boss2002Cannes Film Festival Grand PrixAwardNordic Council Film PrizeAward2001Knight of the Legion of HonourAward
The ClassicFilm, 2001Producer1999
JuhaFilm, Director, Writer1995
I Am Curious, FilmFilm1994Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of FinlandAward1993
Ripa Hits the SkidsFilm, Producer1992FIPRESCI Prize at BerlinaleAward1990
I Hired a Contract KillerFilm, Director, Writer1987
Hamlet Goes BusinessFilm, Director, Writer1985
Calamari UnionFilm, Director, Writer1983
Crime and PunishmentFilm, Director, Writer1981
The LiarFilm, Writer1957Born4 April 1957People around Aki
Kati Outinen Aki directed Le Havre and Drifting Clouds
André Wilms Aki produced Le Havre, Juha and Iron Horsemen
Elina Salo Aki produced Le Havre and Drifting Clouds
Matti Pellonpää Aki directed The Bohemian Life (1992)
Markku Peltola Aki produced The Man Without a Past (2003)
Outi Mäenpää Aki directed The Man Without a Past (2003)
Sakari Kuosmanen Aki produced The Man Without a Past (2003)
Kari Väänänen Aki produced Drifting Clouds (1996)
Mato Valtonen Aki produced Drifting Clouds (1996)
Antti Reini Aki produced The Man Without a Past (2003)
Sulevi Peltola Aki directed The Man Without a Past (2003)
Esko Nikkari Aki produced The Man Without a Past (2003)
Ilkka Koivula Aki produced Le Havre and Lights in the Dusk
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius Aki directed Hamlet Goes Business (1987)
Jean-Pierre Léaud Aki directed Le Havre (2011)
Peter von Bagh Aki produced The Man Without a Past (2003)
Évelyne Didi Aki produced Le Havre and The Bohemian Life
Mari Rantasila Aki directed Shadows in Paradise (1990)
Jim Jarmusch Aki produced Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1990)
Kenneth Colley Aki directed I Hired a Contract Killer (1991)
Ricardo Trêpa Aki directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Antti Litja Aki produced Macbeth (1987)
Markku Toikka Aki directed Crime and Punishment (1983)
Marko Haavisto Aki directed The Man Without a Past (2003)
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Drifting Clouds 1996
La Vie de Bohème 1992
The Man Without a Past 2002
The Match Factory Girl 1990
Shadows in Paradise 1986
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