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Aki Kaurismäki


Aki Kaurismäki did a wide variety of jobs including postman, dish-washer and film critic, before forming a production and distribution company, Villealfa (in homage to Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (1965)) with his older brother Mika Kaurismäki, also a film-maker. Both Aki and Mika are prolific ... See full bio »

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Le Havre Producer
(2011)
(2017)
(1992)

Filmography

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 2023 Kuolleet lehdet (producer) (pre-production)
 2017 Toivon tuolla puolen (producer)
 2013 Juice Leskinen & Grand Slam: Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla (Documentary short) (producer)
 2012 Centro Histórico (producer - segment "Guimarães")
 2011 Le Havre (producer)
 2011 Barzakh (Documentary) (producer)
 2010 Paha perhe (producer)
 2009 Jeanne d'Arc (Short) (production)
 2007 Valimo (Short) (producer)
 2006 Laitakaupungin valot (producer)
 2004 Visions of Europe (producer - segment "Bico")
 2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (producer - segment "Dogs Have No Hell")
 2002 Mies vailla menneisyyttä (producer)
 2001 Klassikko (executive producer)
 2000 Vera, nadezhda, krov' (producer)
 2000 Kovat miehet (Short) (producer)
 1999 Juha (producer)
 1997 Vaiennut kylä (producer)
 1996 Välittäjä (Short) (producer)
 1996 Kauas pilvet karkaavat (producer)
 1994 Iron Horsemen (producer)
 1994 Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (producer)
 1994 Total Balalaika Show (Documentary) (producer)
 1994 Pidä huivista kiinni, Tatjana (producer)
 1993 Isä meidän (producer - uncredited)
 1993 Leningrad Cowboys: These Boots (Music Video) (producer)
 1993 Kaksi vanhaa varasta (TV Movie) (producer - uncredited)
 1993 Ripa ruostuu (producer)
 1992 Leningrad Cowboys: Those Were the Days (Music Video) (producer)
 1992 Shit Happens (Short) (producer)
 1992 Tuhlaajapoika (producer)
 1992 Veturimiehet heiluttaa (executive producer - uncredited)
 1992 La vie de bohème (producer)
 1990 I Hired a Contract Killer (producer)
 1990 Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö (producer)
 1989 Leningrad Cowboys Go America (producer)
 1988 Ariel (producer)
 1987 Leningrad Cowboys: L.A. Woman (Music Video) (producer)
 1987 Leningrad Cowboys: Thru the Wire (Music Video) (producer)
 1987 Melrose: Rich Little Bitch (Music Video) (producer)
 1987 Hamlet liikemaailmassa (producer)
 1987 Tilinteko (producer)
 1987 Rocky VI (Short) (producer)
 1987/II Macbeth (producer)
 1985 Calamari Union (producer)
 1981 Saimaa-ilmiö (Documentary) (producer - uncredited)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

TV commercial for Nippon Shokubai Co. - Director

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie | 1 Print Biography | 6 Interviews | 1 Article | See more »

Alternate Names:

Aki | Aki Kaurismaki

Height:

6' 5½" (1.97 m)

Spouse:

Paula Oinonen
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I never had very high hopes of humanity. I had hope 20 years ago, but not now. Greed will kill us - and maybe that's OK for the planet. Because it all goes back to money. Everything goes back to money. [2018] See more »

Trivia:

Is famous for saying in interviews that he has directed half of his films while sober and half when drunk, and yet nobody can tell them apart. See more »

Trademark:

Frequently casts Kari Väänänen See more »

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