Director

Ilkka Järvi-Laturi

Directing

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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew credits: 8

TMDB ID: 137549

IMDb ID: nm0433529

Known for: Directing

Born: November 28, 1961

Died: March 5, 2023

Age: 61

Place of birth: Valkeakoski, Finland

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1985 - 1999

Years active: 15

Average TMDB rating: 6.84

Wikidata: Q11864528

Also known as

Ilkka Jarvilaturi • Ilkka

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Assistant Director (2)Director (2)Second Assistant Director (1)Script Supervisor (2)Writer (1)

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Biography

Ilkka Untamo Järvi-Laturi (November 28, 1961 – March 5, 2023) was a Finnish-born US-based film director whose best known film is Spy Games (1999) starring Bill Pullman and Irene Jacob. The film was shot in Helsinki, New York and Toronto. Järvi-Laturi has a cameo role in the film. Before making the film Spy Games, Järvi-Laturi directed and served as co-director of several films in Finland. He has also acted in the 1985 film The Unknown Soldier. Järvi-Laturi won the Nordic Film Prize for the best Scandinavian Film of The Year and the highest Finnish film prize Jussi Award (best screenplay) in 1990 for Kotia Päin (Homebound). His Estonian actioner Darkness in Tallinn is the most widely distributed Estonian film so far, and won the Silver Alexander in Thessaloniki and the Fassbinder prize in Mannheim. He previously lived in New York and Beijing.

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