Personal Info
Erkki Olavi Kokkonen
Esko Laukka
Ere Kokkonen
Directing
Biography
Erkki Olavi "Ere" Kokkonen (7 July 1938 – 16 October 2008), born in Savonlinna, was a Finnish film director and screenwriter.
He worked closely with Spede Pasanen all the way from the 1960s until Spede's death, as a director, writer and also an actor. Kokkonen's feature film debut was Millipilleri (1966), co-directed with Spede Pasanen and Jukka Virtanen.
In later decades, when Turhapuro films were made less frequently, Kokkonen scripted and directed the Vääpeli Körmy series of films His career as a director also includes filming of Arto Paasilinna's books, including The Ten Graters and A Ch…
Filmography
Movies
Vääpeli Körmy ja kahtesti laukeava
as Posteljooni (uncredited)
Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet
as Lehtilööpin asettava mies (uncredited)
Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva
as mies nakkikioskilla
Pikkupojat
as Mies bensa-asemalla
Hei kliffaa hei
as Valokuvaaja
Uuno Turhapuron muisti palailee pätkittäin
as Kielikurssin vetäjä
Professori Uuno D.G. Turhapuro
as Kuvaaja
Uuno Turhapuro
as Kertoja / papin ääni (voice)
Saatanan radikaalit
as (uncredited)
Jussi Pussi
as Teatteriohjaaja (uncredited)