Pirjo Honkasalo
Directing
- Born
- February 22, 1947 (age 79) · 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.
Known for
Concrete Night
November 1, 2013
The Earth Is a Sinful Song
November 2, 1973
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
October 8, 2004
Fire-Eater
October 30, 1998
The Interrogation
September 25, 2009
Portraits of Women
February 6, 1970
Hangover
June 12, 1973
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
December 3, 1982
Flame Top
October 17, 1980
Orenda
April 17, 2025
Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta
October 29, 1971
Marja pieni!
January 28, 1972
Behind the camera28
- 2025Orenda Director
- 2021Donner - Private Writer
- 2013Concrete Night Director, Screenplay
- 2010ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
- 2009The Interrogation Director of Photography
- 2004The 3 Rooms of Melancholia Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
- 1998Fire-Eater Director
- 1998Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work Director of Photography
- 1997Atman Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Cinematography
- 1996