Pirjo Honkasalo
Known for: Directing
Born: February 22, 1947
Place of birth: Helsinki, Finland
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.
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Filmography
34 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
5.4
Orenda
2025
5.8
The Dinosaur
2021
6.5
Donner - Private
2021
6.5
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
5.9
Concrete Night
2013
6.0
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest
2010
6.2
The Interrogation
2009
7.1
Helsinki, Forever
2008
7.6
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
2004
5.4
Fire-Eater
1998
7.5
Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work
1998
7.0
Atman
1997
8.0
The Cinderella of Tallinn
1996
7.5
Christmas in the Distance
1994
6.5
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils
1993
7.5
Mysterion
1991
6.0
Molle: A Director's Portrait of Academian Rauni Mollberg
1991
6.0
Da Capo
1985
10.0
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
1983
7.4
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
1982
5.4
Flame Top
1980
6.8
Two Forces
19798.0
The Sign of Danger
1978
9.0
Ikäluokka
1976
6.7
The Earth Is a Sinful Song
1973
5.6
Uuno Turhapuro
1973
3.3
Hangover
1973
4.3
Hellyys
1972
4.6
Marja pieni!
1972
5.6
Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta
1971
4.0
Pilvilinna
1970
5.0
Portraits of Women
1970
NR
The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
1968NR
Before I die
1967