Personal Info
Aki Olavi Kaurismäki
Aki Kaurismäki
Directing
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 Mika Kaurismäki.
After graduating in media studies from the University of Tampere, Kaurismäki worked…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Cinéma Laika
as Self
The Dinosaur
as Self
Aki and Peter
as Himself
Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)
Peter von Bagh
as Self
Temples of Dreams
as Self
Valokeilassa Atte Blom
as Self
Il était une fois... Le Havre
as himself
A Special Day
as Self
Bohemian Eyes
as Self
