Aki Kaurismäki
Birthday
1957/04/04 (67 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Orimattila, Finland
Also know as
Aki Olavi Kaurismäki, 아키 카우리스마키, Аки Каурисмяки, А́ки Ола́ви Ка́урисмяки, 아키 카우리스매키
Biography
Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (Finnish: [ˈɑki ˈkɑu̯rismæki]; born April 4,1957; Orimattila) is a Finnish film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and actor. He is best known for the award-winning Drifting Clouds (1996), The Man Without a Past (2002), Le Havre (2011), The Other Side of Hope (2017) and Fallen Leaves (2023), as well as for the mockumentary Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989). He is described as Finland's best-known film director. He is the younger brother of director and screenwriter M...Read more
Acting
(1990) I Hired a Contract Killer
as Sunglasses Seller (uncredited)
(2004) Aaltra
as Le patron Aaltra
(1982) The Worthless
as Ville Alfa
(1995) Iron Horsemen
as Cadillac Man
(2023) Cinéma Laika
as Self
(2015) Valokeilassa Atte Blom
as Self
(1981) The Liar
as Ville Alfa
(1995) I Am Curious, Film
as Self
(2021) The Dinosaur
as Self
(2017) Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)
(2015) Temples of Dreams
as Self
(1991) Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Aki Kaurismäki
as Self
(2016) Peter von Bagh
as Self
(1993) Talking with Ozu
as Self
(1985) Calamari Union
as Hearse Driver (uncredited)
(2014) Il était une fois... Le Havre
as himself
(1985) Viimeiset rotannahat
as ---
(2012) A Special Day
as Self
(1983) Huhtikuu on kuukausista julmin
as Ville Alfa
(1985) Ylösnousemus
as Taksikuski
(2011) Bohemian Eyes
as Self
(2008) Critic
as Self
(1994) Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
as Factory Worker Imitating Chaplin (uncredited)
(2001) Aki Kaurismäki
as ---
(1986) Shadows in Paradise
as Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)
(1982) Jackpot 2
as ---
(1992) Where Is Musette?
as ---
(2018) Aki and Peter
as Himself
(1986) Rocky VI
as Magazine Photographer
(1981) The Saimaa Gesture
as Self - Interviewer (uncredited)