Pirjo Honkasalo

Directing·Feb 22, 1947·Helsinki, Finland

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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.

Film	Credit
Orenda2025 · Director	Director
The Dinosaur2021 · Self	Self
Donner - Private2021 · Writer	Writer
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women2014 · Self	Self
Concrete Night2013 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest2010 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Interrogation2009 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia2004 · Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography	Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Fire-Eater1998 · Director	Director
Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work1998 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Atman1997 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Cinderella of Tallinn1996 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils1993 · Producer, Director, Director of Photography	Producer, Director, Director of Photography
Mysterion1991 · Screenplay, Director, Director of Photography	Screenplay, Director, Director of Photography
Molle: A Director's Portrait of Academian Rauni Mollberg1991 · Self	Self
Da Capo1985 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament1983 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki1982 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
Flame Top1980 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Two Forces1979 · Self, Director of Photography, Writer, Director	Self, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
TThe Sign of Danger1978 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Ikäluokka1976 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Earth Is a Sinful Song1973 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Uuno Turhapuro1973 · Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)	Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)
Hangover1973 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Marja pieni!1972 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Pilvilinna1970 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Portraits of Women1970 · Film Crew Member (uncredited)	Film Crew Member (uncredited)
The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth1968 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
BBefore I die1967 · Director	Director