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Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (Finnish: [ˈɑki ˈkɑu̯rismæki]; born 4 April 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. His is an older brother to Mika Kaurismäki. After graduating in media studies from the University of Tampere, Kaurismäki worked as a bricklayer, postman, and dish-washer, long before pursuing his interest in cinema, first as a critic, and later as a screenwriter & director. He started his career as a co-screenwriter and actor in films made by his older brother, Mika Kaurismäki. He played the main role in Mika's film The Liar (1981). Together they founded the production company Villealfa Filmproductions and later the Midnight Sun Film Festival. His debut as an independent director was Crime and Punishment (1983), an adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel set in modern Helsinki. He gained worldwide attention with Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989). Kaurismäki's film Ariel (1988) was entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Prix FIPRESCI. Kaurismäki's most acclaimed film has been The Man Without a Past, which won the Grand Prix and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category in 2003. However, Kaurismäki refused to attend the Oscar ceremony, asserting that he did not feel like partying in a country that was in a state of war. Kaurismäki's next film Lights in the Dusk was also chosen to be Finland's nominee for best foreign-language film, but Kaurismäki again boycotted the awards and refused the nomination, as a protest against U.S. President George W. Bush's foreign policy. In 2002 Kaurismäki also boycotted the 40th New York Film Festival in a show of solidarity with the Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, who was not given a US visa in time for the festival. Kaurismäki's 2017 film The Other Side of Hope won the Silver Bear for Best Director award at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. At the same festival he also announced that it would be his last film as a director, although the retirement was short-lived as he began filming another film, Fallen Leaves, in 2022, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1957-04-04
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 7.8
- info Birth Place Orimattila, Finland
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Aki Kaurismäki
6.9
I Hired a Contract Killer
1990-10-12
6.3
Aaltra
2004-06-23
6.2
The Worthless
1982-10-15
6
Iron Horsemen
1995-01-27
8
Cinéma Laika
2023-06-24
0
Valokeilassa Atte Blom
2015-10-04
6.4
The Liar
1981-02-27
3.8
I Am Curious, Film
1995-10-28
6.8
The Dinosaur
2021-03-10
0
Plankton Salesmen
2017-10-29
6.3
Temples of Dreams
2015-09-24
0
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Aki Kaurismäki
1991-03-15
6
Peter von Bagh
2016-06-15
0
Jean-Pierre Léaud - The Child of Cinema
2024-08-28
6.5
Talking with Ozu
1993-11-27
6.8
Calamari Union
1985-02-08
6
Il était une fois... Le Havre
2014-04-24
5.3
Viimeiset rotannahat
1985-01-18
6
A Special Day
2012-05-16
4
Huhtikuu on kuukausista julmin
1983-10-21
5.5
Ylösnousemus
1985-09-27
6.7
Bohemian Eyes
2011-01-26
7.9
Crítico
2008-01-22
5.8
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
1994-02-24
5.7
Aki Kaurismäki
2001-04-22
7.4
Shadows in Paradise
1986-10-17
5.1
Jackpot 2
1982-03-05
0
Where Is Musette?
1992-01-01
7
Aki and Peter
2018-05-15
5.8
Rocky VI
1986-06-14
movie_edit Directing
5.8
Shadows in Paradise
1986-10-17
5.8
Ariel
1988-10-21
5.8
Lights in the Dusk
2006-02-03
5.8
Lights in the Dusk
2006-02-03
5.8
Lights in the Dusk
2006-02-03
5.8
Jackpot 2
1982-03-05
5.8
Jackpot 2
1982-03-05
5.8
Jackpot 2
1982-03-05
5.8
Jackpot 2
1982-03-05
5.8
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
1994-02-24
5.8
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
1989-03-24
5.8
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
1989-03-24
5.8
Drifting Clouds
1996-01-26
5.8
Drifting Clouds
1996-01-26
5.8
Drifting Clouds
1996-01-26
5.8
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002-05-18
5.8
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002-05-18
5.8
The Man Without a Past
2002-03-01
5.8
The Man Without a Past
2002-03-01
5.8
I Hired a Contract Killer
1990-10-12
5.8
I Hired a Contract Killer
1990-10-12
5.8
The Match Factory Girl
1990-01-12
5.8
I Hired a Contract Killer
1990-10-12
5.8
I Hired a Contract Killer
1990-10-12
5.8
The Match Factory Girl
1990-01-12
5.8
The Match Factory Girl
1990-01-12
5.8
Hamlet Goes Business
1987-08-21
5.8
Hamlet Goes Business
1987-08-21
5.8
Hamlet Goes Business
1987-08-21
5.8
Visions of Europe
2004-05-01
5.8
La Vie de Bohème
1992-02-27
5.8
La Vie de Bohème
1992-02-27
5.8
To Each His Own Cinema
2007-10-31
5.8
Calamari Union
1985-02-08
5.8
Rocky VI
1986-06-14
5.8
Rocky VI
1986-06-14
5.8
Rocky VI
1986-06-14
5.8
Rocky VI
1986-06-14
5.8
The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
1984-11-30
5.8
The Match Factory Girl
1990-01-12
5.8
Shadows in Paradise
1986-10-17
5.8
Macbeth
1987-01-16
5.8
Ariel
1988-10-21
5.8
Le Havre
2011-09-08
5.8
Le Havre
2011-09-08
5.8
Crime and Punishment
1983-12-02
5.8
Juha
1999-02-26
5.8
John From
2016-03-31
5.8
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
1994-01-14
5.8
Calamari Union
1985-02-08
5.8
Total Balalaika Show
1994-07-04
5.8
Total Balalaika Show
1994-07-04
5.8
Historic Centre
2012-11-10
5.8
Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla
2013-03-06
5.8
Dirty Hands
1989-10-05
5.8
Dirty Hands
1989-10-05
5.8
The Liar
1981-02-27
5.8
Jackpot 2
1982-03-05
5.8
Fallen Leaves
2023-09-14
5.8
Fallen Leaves
2023-09-14
5.8
Lights in the Dusk
2006-02-03
5.8
Visions of Europe
2004-05-01
5.8
Calamari Union
2008-12-18
5.8
Helsinki, Forever
2008-08-15
5.8
The Saimaa Gesture
1981-09-11
5.8
The Saimaa Gesture
1981-09-11
5.8
Iron Horsemen
1995-01-27
5.8
Iron Horsemen
1995-01-27
5.8
Ripa Hits the Skids
1993-02-05
5.8
The Other Side of Hope
2017-02-03
5.8
The Other Side of Hope
2017-02-03
5.8
The Other Side of Hope
2017-02-03
5.8
Tilinteko
1987-02-13
5.8
Bico
2004-01-04
5.8
The Worthless
1982-10-15
5.8
The Worthless
1982-10-15
5.8
The Worthless
1982-10-15
5.8
Visions of Europe
2004-05-01
5.8
Visions of Europe
2004-05-01
5.8
Vaiennut kylä
1997-01-31
5.8
Historic Centre
2012-11-10
5.8
Historic Centre
2012-11-10
5.8
Historic Centre
2012-11-10
5.8
Fallen Leaves
2023-09-14
5.8
Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla
2013-03-06
5.8
Tilinteko
1987-02-13
5.8
The Saimaa Gesture
1981-09-11
5.8
Shit Happens
1992-05-01
5.8
Our Father…
1993-10-22
5.8
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002-05-18
5.8
A Stone Left Unturned
1999-01-01
5.8
Belief, Hope and Blood
2000-01-01
5.8
The Classic
2001-02-23
5.8
Kaksi vanhaa varasta
1993-05-01
5.8
Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla
2013-03-06
5.8
Barzakh
2011-01-25
5.8
The Parrot Man
1992-05-01
5.8
Jeanne d'Arc
2009-05-01
5.8
Le Havre
2011-09-08
5.8
Whisky
2004-08-06
5.8
The Man Without a Past
2002-03-01
5.8
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
1994-01-14
5.8
Juha
1999-02-26
5.8
Drifting Clouds
1996-01-26
5.8
Crime and Punishment
1983-12-02
5.8
Calamari Union
1985-02-08
5.8
Calamari Union
1985-02-08
5.8
Ariel
1988-10-21
5.8
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
1989-03-24
5.8
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
1989-03-24
5.8
La Vie de Bohème
1992-02-27
5.8
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
1994-01-14
5.8
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
1994-01-14
5.8
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
1994-02-24
5.8
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
1994-02-24
5.8
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
1994-02-24
5.8
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
1994-02-24
5.8
Juha
1999-02-26
5.8
Juha
1999-02-26
5.8
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002-05-18
5.8
To Each His Own Cinema
2007-10-31
5.8
Tavern Man
2012-11-09
5.8
Tavern Man
2012-11-09
5.8
Tavern Man
2012-11-09
5.8
Tavern Man
2012-11-09
5.8
The Prodigal Son
1992-10-30
5.8
Total Balalaika Show
1994-07-04
5.8
I Hired a Contract Killer
1990-10-12
5.8
To Each His Own Cinema
2007-10-31
5.8
Bad Family
2010-01-29
5.8
The Worthless
1982-10-15
5.8
Rosso
1985-10-11
5.8
The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
1984-11-30
5.8
Rosso
1985-10-11