
Aki Kaurismäki
Directing
Born: 1957-04-04 · Orimattila, Finland
Biography
Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (Finnish: [ˈɑki ˈkɑu̯rismæki]; born April 4,1957; Orimattila) is a Finnish film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and actor. He is best known for the award-winning Drifting Clouds (1996), The Man Without a Past (2002), Le Havre (2011), The Other Side of Hope (2017) and Fallen Leaves (2023), as well as for the mockumentary Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989). He is described as Finland's best-known film director. He is the younger brother of director and screenwriter M
🎬 Movies (30)

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024
Thanks

Cinéma Laika
2023
Self

Fallen Leaves
2023
Director

The Dinosaur
2021
Self

Aki and Peter
2018
Himself

Plankton Salesmen
2017
Self (archive footage)

The Other Side of Hope
2017
Director
Peter von Bagh
2016
Self

John From
2016
Thanks
Valokeilassa Atte Blom
2015
Self

Temples of Dreams
2015
Self

Dirty Hands
2015
Director

Il était une fois... Le Havre
2014
himself

Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla
2013
Director

A Special Day
2012
Self

Historic Centre
2012
Director

Tavern Man
2012
Director

Bohemian Eyes
2011
Self

Le Havre
2011
Director

Barzakh
2011
Producer

Bad Family
2010
Producer
Jeanne d'Arc
2009
Producer

Critic
2008
Self

Calamari Union
2008
Writer

Helsinki, Forever
2008
Thanks

To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Director

The Foundry
2007
Director

Lights in the Dusk
2006
Director

Aaltra
2004
Aaltra's Boss

Visions of Europe
2004
Director