Ere Kokkonen
Birthday
1938/07/07
Day of death
2008/10/16 (70 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Savonlinna, Finland
Also know as
Erkki Olavi Kokkonen, Esko Laukka
Biography
Erkki Olavi "Ere" Kokkonen (7 July 1938 – 16 October 2008), born in Savonlinna, was a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He worked closely with Spede Pasanen all the way from the 1960s until Spede's death, as a director, writer and also an actor. Kokkonen's feature film debut was Millipilleri (1966), co-directed with Spede Pasanen and Jukka Virtanen. In later decades, when Turhapuro films were made less frequently, Kokkonen scripted and directed the Vääpeli Körmy series of films His caree...Read more
Acting
(1986) Pikkupojat
as Mies bensa-asemalla
(1969) Pohjan tähteet
as Set decorator Pöyhönen
(1973) Uuno Turhapuro
as Kertoja / papin ääni (voice)
(1970) Jussi Pussi
as Teatteriohjaaja (uncredited)
(1991) Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet
as Lehtilööpin asettava mies (uncredited)
(1997) Vääpeli Körmy ja kahtesti laukeava
as Posteljooni (uncredited)
(1967) Pähkähullu Suomi
as Erkki Sormio alias Top Secret Agent 2 OE Q
(1968) Noin 7 veljestä
as Pitkä-Jussi
(1985) Hei kliffaa hei
as Valokuvaaja
(1966) Millipilleri
as Iso
(1975) Professori Uuno D.G. Turhapuro
as Kuvaaja
(1983) Uuno Turhapuron muisti palailee pätkittäin
as Kielikurssin vetäjä
(1990) Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva
as mies nakkikioskilla