Pirjo Honkasalo
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1947-02-22 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Helsinki, Finland
Pirjo Honkasalo
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.
Acting
(2021)
The Dinosaur
as Self
(2014)
(1979)
Two Forces
as Self
(1973)
Uuno Turhapuro
as Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)
(1970)
Portraits of Women
as Film Crew Member (uncredited)
Crew
(2025)
Orenda
Director
(2021)
Donner - Private
Writer
(2013)
Concrete Night
Screenplay, Director
(2010)
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
(2009)
The Interrogation
Director of Photography
(2008)
Helsinki, Forever
Thanks
(2004)
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
Writer, Director, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography
(1998)
Fire-Eater
Director
(1998)
Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work
Director of Photography
(1997)
Atman
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Cinematography
(1996)
The Cinderella of Tallinn
Writer, Director
(1994)
(1993)
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils
Producer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography
(1991)
Mysterion
Still Photographer, Screenplay, Other, Other, Editor, Director, Director of Photography
(1985)
Da Capo
Director, Screenplay, Editor
(1983)
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
Editor, Writer, Producer, Director
(1982)
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
Editor, Director of Photography, Director
(1980)
Flame Top
Director, Screenplay
(1979)
Two Forces
Director of Photography, Writer, Editor, Director
(1978)
The Sign of Danger
Writer, Director
(1976)
Ikäluokka
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
(1973)
The Earth Is a Sinful Song
Screenplay, Assistant Director, Sound Editor
(1973)
Hangover
Director of Photography
(1972)
Hellyys
Camera Operator
(1972)
Marja pieni!
Director of Photography
(1970)
Portraits of Women
Still Photographer
(1970)
Pilvilinna
Director of Photography
(1968)
The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
Director, Writer
(1967)
Before I die
Director