Mika Kaurismäki
Directing · Producer · Writer · Director
Born Sep 21, 1955 · Orimattila, Finland
Active 1979–present · Awards: Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Aho & Soldan lifetime achievement award, Annual award ACFK
Mika Kaurismäki is a Finnish director and screenwriter. He is the elder brother of Aki Kaurismäki, and the father of actresses Maria and Anna-Maija Kaurismäki .
Filmography
Sand Bride — ProducerEvery Note You Play (2025) — DirectorShadows in Paradise (1986) — ProducerThe Girl King (2015) — Director · ProducerCrime and Punishment (1983) — ProducerMaster Cheng (2019) — Producer · DirectorOver the Limit (2018) — Co-ProducerL.A. Without a Map (1999) — Michael Bambihill (uncredited) · Director · ScreenplayYötyö (1988) — DirectorThe Worthless (1982) — Director · Producer · WriterZombie and the Ghost Train (1991) — Director · Story · Screenplay · Producer · EditorRoad North (2012) — Writer · Director · ProducerKuningas Litmanen (2012) — WriterRosso (1985) — Director · Writer · ProducerThe Saimaa Gesture (1981) — Director · Producer · WriterRyhmäteatteri (2018) — Producer · Writer · DirectorTigrero: A Film That Was Never Made (1994) — Director · Producer · Editor · WriterThe Grump: In Search of an Escort (2022) — DirectorThe Clan: Tale of the Frogs (1984) — Director · Screenplay · EditorCha Cha Cha (1989) — Editor · Producer · Director · WriterThe Liar (1981) — Director · ProducerMoro no Brasil (2002) — Director · WriterThe House of Branching Love (2009) — Director · Screenplay · ProducerVesku from Finland (2010) — Director