Directing

Pirjo Honkasalo

Born 1947-02-22

Helsinki, Finland

Department: Directing

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.

1972

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (74 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
Orenda	Director	Movie	2025
The Dinosaur	Self	Movie	2021
Donner - Private	Writer	Movie	2021
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women	Self	Movie	2014
Concrete Night	Screenplay	Movie	2013
Concrete Night	Director	Movie	2013
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest	Director	Movie	2010
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest	Writer	Movie	2010
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest	Editor	Movie	2010
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest	Director of Photography	Movie	2010
The Interrogation	Director of Photography	Movie	2009
Helsinki, Forever	Thanks	Movie	2008
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia	Writer	Movie	2004
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia	Director	Movie	2004
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia	Editor	Movie	2004
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia	Producer	Movie	2004
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia	Director of Photography	Movie	2004
Fire-Eater	Director	Movie	1998
Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work	Director of Photography	Movie	1998
Atman	Director	Movie	1997
Atman	Writer	Movie	1997
Atman	Director of Photography	Movie	1997
Atman	Cinematography	Movie	1997
The Cinderella of Tallinn	Writer	Movie	1996
The Cinderella of Tallinn	Director	Movie	1996
Christmas in the Distance	Thanks	Movie	1994
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils	Producer	Movie	1993
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils	Director	Movie	1993
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils	Editor	Movie	1993
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils	Director of Photography	Movie	1993
Mysterion	Still Photographer	Movie	1991
Mysterion	Screenplay	Movie	1991
Mysterion	Other	Movie	1991
Mysterion	Editor	Movie	1991
Mysterion	Director	Movie	1991
Mysterion	Director of Photography	Movie	1991
Molle: A Director's Portrait of Academian Rauni Mollberg	Self	Movie	1991
Da Capo	Director	Movie	1985
Da Capo	Screenplay	Movie	1985
Da Capo	Editor	Movie	1985
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament	Editor	Movie	1983
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament	Writer	Movie	1983
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament	Producer	Movie	1983
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament	Director	Movie	1983
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki	Editor	Movie	1982
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki	Director of Photography	Movie	1982
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki	Director	Movie	1982
Flame Top	Director	Movie	1980
Flame Top	Screenplay	Movie	1980
Two Forces	Self	Movie	1979
Two Forces	Director of Photography	Movie	1979
Two Forces	Writer	Movie	1979
Two Forces	Editor	Movie	1979
Two Forces	Director	Movie	1979
The Sign of Danger	Writer	Movie	1978
The Sign of Danger	Director	Movie	1978
Ikäluokka	Director	Movie	1976
Ikäluokka	Writer	Movie	1976
Ikäluokka	Director of Photography	Movie	1976
Ikäluokka	Editor	Movie	1976
The Earth Is a Sinful Song	Screenplay	Movie	1973
The Earth Is a Sinful Song	Assistant Director	Movie	1973
The Earth Is a Sinful Song	Sound Editor	Movie	1973
Uuno Turhapuro	Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)	Movie	1973
Hangover	Director of Photography	Movie	1973
Hellyys	Camera Operator	Movie	1972
Marja pieni!	Director of Photography	Movie	1972
Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta	Still Photographer	Movie	1971
Pilvilinna	Director of Photography	Movie	1970
Portraits of Women	Film Crew Member (uncredited)	Movie	1970
Portraits of Women	Still Photographer	Movie	1970
The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth	Director	Movie	1968
The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth	Writer	Movie	1968
Before I die	Director	Movie	1967