Pirjo Honkasalo
Biography
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.
Personal Details
Movies (33)
Orenda
Director (Directing)
2025
The Dinosaur
as Self
2021
Donner - Private
Writer (Writing)
2021
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
as Self
2014
Concrete Night
Director (Directing)
2013
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest
Director (Directing)
2010
The Interrogation
Director of Photography (Camera)
2009
Helsinki, Forever
Thanks (Crew)
2008
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
Director (Directing)
2004
Fire-Eater
Director (Directing)
1998
Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work
Director of Photography (Camera)
1998
Atman
Director (Directing)
1997
The Cinderella of Tallinn
Director (Directing)
1996
Christmas in the Distance
Thanks (Crew)
1994
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils
Director (Directing)
1993
Mysterion
Director (Directing)
1991
Da Capo
Director (Directing)
1985
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
Director (Directing)
1983
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
Director (Directing)
1982
Flame Top
Director (Directing)
1980
Two Forces
as Self
1979
The Sign of Danger
Director (Directing)
1978
Ikäluokka
Director (Directing)
1976
The Earth Is a Sinful Song
Screenplay (Writing)
1973
Uuno Turhapuro
as Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)
1973
Hangover
Director of Photography (Camera)
1973
Hellyys
Camera Operator (Camera)
1972
Marja pieni!
Director of Photography (Camera)
1972
Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta
Still Photographer (Camera)
1971
Pilvilinna
Director of Photography (Camera)
1970
Portraits of Women
as Film Crew Member (uncredited)
1970
The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
Director (Directing)
1968
Before I die
Director (Directing)
1967