Pirjo Honkasalo

Pirjo Honkasalo

Directing
Born 1947-02-22 Helsinki, Finland 34 credits
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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. In the 1990s, she continued alone and turned to feature documentaries, directing the prize winning trilogy Mysterion, Tanjuska and the 7 Devils, and Atman. Since then, she has directed the stunningly beautiful The 3 Rooms of Melancholia (2004), and her return to fiction was Concrete Night in 2012.
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Filmography
Directing 18 credits
Before I die
Before I die
1967 · Director
Mysterion
Mysterion
1991 · Director, Screenplay, Still Photographer
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils
1993 · Director, Producer, Editor
Two Forces
Two Forces
1979 · Director, Writer, Self
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
1982 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Concrete Night
Concrete Night
2013 · Director, Screenplay
Atman
Atman
1997 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
1983 · Director, Writer, Producer
Da Capo
Da Capo
1985 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
Fire-Eater
Fire-Eater
1998 · Director
The Sign of Danger
The Sign of Danger
1978 · Director, Writer
Ikäluokka
Ikäluokka
1976 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
2004 · Director, Writer, Producer
Orenda
Orenda
2025 · Director
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest
2010 · Director, Writer, Editor
The Cinderella of Tallinn
The Cinderella of Tallinn
1996 · Director, Writer
Flame Top
Flame Top
1980 · Director, Screenplay
The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
1968 · Director, Writer
Other credits 18 credits
Mysterion
Mysterion
1991 · Director, Screenplay, Still Photographer
Helsinki, Forever
Helsinki, Forever
2008 · Thanks
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils
1993 · Director, Producer, Editor
Marja pieni!
Marja pieni!
1972 · Director of Photography
The Earth Is a Sinful Song
The Earth Is a Sinful Song
1973 · Screenplay, Assistant Director, Sound Editor
Two Forces
Two Forces
1979 · Director, Writer, Self
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
1982 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Pilvilinna
Pilvilinna
1970 · Director of Photography
Christmas in the Distance
Christmas in the Distance
1994 · Thanks
Atman
Atman
1997 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Interrogation
The Interrogation
2009 · Director of Photography
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
1983 · Director, Writer, Producer
Da Capo
Da Capo
1985 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
Ikäluokka
Ikäluokka
1976 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
2004 · Director, Writer, Producer
Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work
Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work
1998 · Director of Photography
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest
2010 · Director, Writer, Editor
Hangover
Hangover
1973 · Director of Photography
Writing 15 credits
Mysterion
Mysterion
1991 · Director, Screenplay, Still Photographer
Donner - Private
Donner - Private
2021 · Writer
The Earth Is a Sinful Song
The Earth Is a Sinful Song
1973 · Screenplay, Assistant Director, Sound Editor
Two Forces
Two Forces
1979 · Director, Writer, Self
Concrete Night
Concrete Night
2013 · Director, Screenplay
Atman
Atman
1997 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
1983 · Director, Writer, Producer
Da Capo
Da Capo
1985 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
The Sign of Danger
The Sign of Danger
1978 · Director, Writer
Ikäluokka
Ikäluokka
1976 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
2004 · Director, Writer, Producer
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest
2010 · Director, Writer, Editor
The Cinderella of Tallinn
The Cinderella of Tallinn
1996 · Director, Writer
Flame Top
Flame Top
1980 · Director, Screenplay
The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
1968 · Director, Writer
Acting 11 credits
Mysterion
Mysterion
1991 · Director, Screenplay, Still Photographer
The Dinosaur
The Dinosaur
2021 · Self
The Earth Is a Sinful Song
The Earth Is a Sinful Song
1973 · Screenplay, Assistant Director, Sound Editor
Portraits of Women
Portraits of Women
1970 · Film Crew Member (uncredited), Still Photographer
Uuno Turhapuro
Uuno Turhapuro
1973 · Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)
Two Forces
Two Forces
1979 · Director, Writer, Self
Hellyys
Hellyys
1972 · Camera Operator
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014 · Self
Atman
Atman
1997 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Molle: A Director's Portrait of Academian Rauni Mollberg
Molle: A Director's Portrait of Academian Rauni Mollberg
1991 · Self
Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta
Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta
1971 · Still Photographer
Producing 3 credits
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils
1993 · Director, Producer, Editor
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
1983 · Director, Writer, Producer
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
2004 · Director, Writer, Producer
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