
Known for
Directing
Born
January 31, 1929
Birthplace
Äänekoski, Finland
Died
November 25, 1990 (aged 61)
Mikko Niskanen was a Finnish film director and actor. He was born in Äänekoski, Central Finland in 1929. He was the third of six children, and his father worked as a timber barge pilot. His mother too had a job outside the home, so the children often spent summers with their grandmother in Viitasaari.
At the age of 13, Mikko Niskanen started working in timber felling and floating. Two years later he enrolled in a vocational school in Jyväskylä to become a car mechanic. He took a serious interest in amateur theatre and was accepted to study at the Finnish Theatre Academy in Helsinki from 1947 until 1950. He then acted in Jyväskylä and Kuopio theatres until 1954 when he landed an actor's job...
1988
as (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Casting
1986
as Auku-eno, Screenplay, Director
1983
as Martti, Monan äidin esimies, Director, Producer, Story
1982
1982
1982
as Aaro, työnjohtaja, Writer, Director, Producer
1979
Producer
1978
1978
as Kalervo Haapanen, Director, Screenplay, Producer
1977
as Heikki Niskanen, Director, Screenplay, Producer
1976
Producer
1976
Producer, Production Supervisor
1974
as Ilmari Kianto, Director, Screenplay
1972
as Pasi, Writer, Director of Photography, Director, Producer
1972
as Pasi (4 episodes), Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Creator
1971
as Palsami / Rehentelevä tukkilainen, Director, Screenplay
1968
Director, Screenplay
1968
1967
as luennoitsija, Director, Writer
1967
as Netsajev, Director
1967
Director
1966
as Man on Dance Floor (uncredited), Director
1963
Director, Screenplay
1963
Director, Screenplay
1962
Director, Screenplay