Pirjo Honkasalo
Directing · Screenplay · Still Photographer · Writer
Born Feb 22, 1947 · Helsinki, Finland
Active 1967–present
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.
Filmography
Orenda (2025) — DirectorThe Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973) — Screenplay · Assistant Director · Sound Editor250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament (1983) — Editor · Writer · Producer · DirectorThe 3 Rooms of Melancholia (2004) — Writer · Director · Editor · Producer · Director of PhotographyConcrete Night (2013) — Screenplay · DirectorIkäluokka (1976) — Director · Writer · Director of Photography · EditorNine Ways to Approach Helsinki (1982) — Editor · Director of Photography · DirectorIngmar Bergman on Life and Work (1998) — Director of PhotographyThe Sign of Danger (1978) — Writer · DirectorThe Cinderella of Tallinn (1996) — Writer · DirectorThe Interrogation (2009) — Director of PhotographyUuno Turhapuro (1973) — Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)Mysterion (1991) — Still Photographer · Screenplay · Other · Editor · Director · Director of PhotographyTwo Forces (1979) — Director of Photography · Writer · Editor · DirectorAtman (1997) — Director · Writer · Director of Photography · CinematographyFire-Eater (1998) — DirectorTanjuska and the 7 Devils (1993) — Producer · Director · Editor · Director of PhotographyDonner - Private (2021) — WriterLaulu tulipunaisesta kukasta (1971) — Still PhotographerFlame Top (1980) — Director · ScreenplayPortraits of Women (1970) — Film Crew Member (uncredited) · Still PhotographerDa Capo (1985) — Director · Screenplay · EditorITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest (2010) — Director · Writer · Editor · Director of PhotographyMarja pieni! (1972) — Director of Photography