
Directing
Pirjo Honkasalo
Directing · Born 1947-02-22 · Helsinki, Finland
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.
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FilmOrenda
2025 · Director
FilmThe Dinosaur
2021 · Self
FilmDonner - Private
2021 · Writer
FilmReel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014 · Self
FilmConcrete Night
2013 · Director
FilmITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest
2010 · Director
FilmThe Interrogation
2009 · Director of Photography
FilmHelsinki, Forever
2008 · Thanks
FilmThe 3 Rooms of Melancholia
2004 · Director
FilmFire-Eater
1998 · Director
FilmIngmar Bergman on Life and Work
1998 · Director of Photography
FilmAtman
1997 · Director
FilmThe Cinderella of Tallinn
1996 · Director
FilmChristmas in the Distance
1994 · Thanks
FilmTanjuska and the 7 Devils
1993 · Director
FilmMysterion
1991 · Director
FilmMolle: A Director's Portrait of Academian Rauni Mollberg
1991 · Self
FilmDa Capo
1985 · Director
Film250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
1983 · Director
FilmNine Ways to Approach Helsinki
1982 · Director
FilmFlame Top
1980 · Director
FilmTwo Forces
1979 · Self
No artwork yetThe Sign of Danger1978
The Sign of Danger
1978 · Director
FilmIkäluokka
1976 · Director
FilmThe Earth Is a Sinful Song
1973 · Screenplay
FilmUuno Turhapuro
1973 · Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)
FilmHangover
1973 · Director of Photography
FilmHellyys
1972 · Camera Operator
FilmMarja pieni!
1972 · Director of Photography
FilmLaulu tulipunaisesta kukasta
1971 · Still Photographer
FilmPilvilinna
1970 · Director of Photography
FilmPortraits of Women
1970 · Film Crew Member (uncredited)