Pirjo Honkasalo
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing19
movieOrenda
2025
Director
movieConcrete Night
2013
Director
movieFire-Eater
1998
Director
movieAtman
1997
Director
movieMysterion
1991
Director
movieDa Capo
1985
Director
movieFlame Top
1980
Director
movieTwo Forces
1979
Director
movieIkäluokka
1976
Director
movieThe Earth Is a Sinful Song
1973
Assistant Director
Camera16
movieITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest
2010
Director of Photography
movieThe Interrogation
2009
Director of Photography
movieThe 3 Rooms of Melancholia
2004
Director of Photography
movieIngmar Bergman on Life and Work
1998
Director of Photography
movieAtman
1997
Director of Photography
movieTanjuska and the 7 Devils
1993
Director of Photography
movieMysterion
1991
Still Photographer, Director of Photography
movieNine Ways to Approach Helsinki
1982
Director of Photography
movieTwo Forces
1979
Director of Photography
movieIkäluokka
1976
Director of Photography
movieHangover
1973
Director of Photography
movieHellyys
1972
Camera Operator
movieMarja pieni!
1972
Director of Photography
movieLaulu tulipunaisesta kukasta
1971
Still Photographer
moviePilvilinna
1970
Director of Photography
moviePortraits of Women
1970
Still Photographer
Writing15
movieConcrete Night
2013
Screenplay
movieAtman
1997
Writer
movieMysterion
1991
Screenplay
movieDa Capo
1985
Screenplay
movieFlame Top
1980
Screenplay
movieTwo Forces
1979
Writer
movieIkäluokka
1976
Writer
movieThe Earth Is a Sinful Song
1973
Screenplay
Editing9
Acting5
movieUuno Turhapuro
1973
Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)
moviePortraits of Women
1970
Film Crew Member (uncredited)
Crew4
movieAtman
1997
Cinematography
movieMysterion
1991
Other
Production3
Sound2
movieMysterion
1991
Other
movieThe Earth Is a Sinful Song
1973
Sound Editor