Pirjo Honkasalo
Known for
Directing
Born
February 22, 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
Helsinki, Finland
Biography
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.
Best known work
Concrete Night
2013
The Earth Is a Sinful Song
1973
Uuno Turhapuro
1973
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
2004
Fire-Eater
1998
The Interrogation
2009
Portraits of Women
1970
Helsinki, Forever
2008
Hangover
1973
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
1982Filmography
2025
OrendaDirector
2021
The Dinosauras Self
2021
Donner - PrivateWriter
2014
2013
Concrete NightScreenplay, Director
2010
ITO – A Diary of an Urban PriestDirector, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
2009
The InterrogationDirector of Photography
2008
Helsinki, ForeverThanks
2004
The 3 Rooms of MelancholiaWriter, Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
1998
Fire-EaterDirector
1998
Ingmar Bergman on Life and WorkDirector of Photography
1997
AtmanDirector, Writer, Director of Photography, Cinematography
1996
The Cinderella of TallinnWriter, Director
1994
1993
Tanjuska and the 7 DevilsDirector, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
1991
MysterionStill Photographer, Director, Other, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography
1991
1985
Da CapoDirector, Editor, Screenplay
1983
250 Grammes – A Radioactive TestamentEditor, Producer, Director, Writer
1982
Nine Ways to Approach HelsinkiDirector of Photography, Director, Editor
1980
Flame TopDirector, Screenplay
1979
Two Forcesas Self, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography, Director
1978
The Sign of DangerDirector, Writer
1976
IkäluokkaDirector, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
1973
The Earth Is a Sinful SongScreenplay, Assistant Director, Sound Editor