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Pirjo Honkasalo
Born
22 February 1947
Place
Helsinki, Finland
Directing

Pirjo Honkasalo

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.

As director

Orenda

Orenda

2025 · Director
Concrete Night

Concrete Night

2013 · Director
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest

ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest

2010 · Director
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia

The 3 Rooms of Melancholia

2004 · Director
Fire-Eater

Fire-Eater

1998 · Director
Atman

Atman

1997 · Director
The Cinderella of Tallinn

The Cinderella of Tallinn

1996 · Director
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils

Tanjuska and the 7 Devils

1993 · Director
Mysterion

Mysterion

1991 · Director
Da Capo

Da Capo

1985 · Director
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament

250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament

1983 · Director
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki

Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki

1982 · Director
Flame Top

Flame Top

1980 · Director
Two Forces

Two Forces

1979 · Director

The Sign of Danger

1978 · Director
Ikäluokka

Ikäluokka

1976 · Director
The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth

The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth

1968 · Director

Before I die

1967 · Director

As actor

The Dinosaur

The Dinosaur

2021 · Self
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

2014 · Self
Two Forces

Two Forces

1979 · Self
Uuno Turhapuro

Uuno Turhapuro

1973 · Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)
Portraits of Women

Portraits of Women

1970 · Film Crew Member (uncredited)