Directed credits
21
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Pirjo Honkasalo
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.5
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Directed movies: 21Directed series: 0All crew credits: 28
TMDB ID: 1091507
IMDb ID: nm0393345
Known for: Directing
Born: February 22, 1947
Age: 78
Place of birth: Helsinki, Finland
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1968 - 2025
Years active: 58
Average TMDB rating: 6.2
Wikidata: Q2943813
Frequent jobs
Director (15)Director of Photography (6)Still Photographer (2)Thanks (2)Camera Operator (1)Screenplay (1)Writer (1)
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Pirjo Honkasalo.
6.0
Orenda
Director
2025 Movie
5.8
Concrete Night
Director
2013 Movie
6.0
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest
Director
2010 Movie
6.2
The Interrogation
Director of Photography
2009 Movie
7.3
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
Director
2004 Movie
5.2
Fire-Eater
Director
1998 Movie
7.2
Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work
Director of Photography
1998 Movie
5.0
Atman
Director
1997 Movie
4.0
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils
Director
1993 Movie
6.0
Mysterion
Director
1991 Movie
2.0
Da Capo
Director
1985 Movie
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
Director
1983 Movie
7.3
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
Director
1982 Movie
4.8
Flame Top
Director
1980 Movie
5.7
Two Forces
Director of Photography
1979 Movie
6.0
The Sign of Danger
Director
1978 Movie
Ikäluokka
Director
1976 Movie
2.9
Hangover
Director of Photography
1973 Movie
3.3
Marja pieni!
Director of Photography
1972 Movie
3.0
Pilvilinna
Director of Photography
1970 Movie
The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
Director
1968 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Pirjo Honkasalo.
4.8
Portraits of Women
Still Photographer
1970 Movie
5.8
The Dinosaur
as Self
2021 Movie
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament
Director
1983 Movie
6.2
The Interrogation
Director of Photography
2009 Movie
3.3
Marja pieni!
Director of Photography
1972 Movie
6.5
Donner - Private
Writer
2021 Movie
7.1
Helsinki, Forever
Thanks
2008 Movie
3.0
Hellyys
Camera Operator
1972 Movie
5.5
Uuno Turhapuro
as Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)
1973 Movie
5.2
Fire-Eater
Director
1998 Movie
4.8
Flame Top
Director
1980 Movie
5.7
Two Forces
Director of Photography
1979 Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Pirjo Honkasalo.
6.5
Donner - Private
Writer
2021 Movie
7.1
Helsinki, Forever
Thanks
2008 Movie
6.0
Christmas in the Distance
Thanks
1994 Movie
6.6
The Earth Is a Sinful Song
Screenplay
1973 Movie
3.0
Hellyys
Camera Operator
1972 Movie
5.1
Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta
Still Photographer
1971 Movie
4.8
Portraits of Women
Still Photographer
1970 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Pirjo Honkasalo.
