Aki KaurismÀki

Aki KaurismÀki

ProducerWriterDirector
Born
April 4, 1957
Awards
61 wins, 158 nominations

Aki KaurismÀki 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 (1965)) with his older brother Mika KaurismÀki, also a film-maker. Both Aki and Mika are prolific


Biography

Aki KaurismÀki 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 (1965)) with his older brother Mika KaurismÀki, also a film-maker. Both Aki and Mika are prolific film-makers, and together have been responsible for one-fifth of the total output of the Finnish film industry since the early 1980s, though Aki's work has found more favour abroad. His films are very short (he says a film should never run longer than 90 minutes, and many of his films are nearer 70), eccentric parodies of various genres (road movies, film noir, rock musicals), populated by lugubrious hard-drinking Finns and set to eclectic soundtracks, typically based around '50s rock'n'roll.

In the 1990s he has made films in Britain (I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)) and France (The Bohemian Life (1992)).

Actor

VandaleyneVandaleyne(2015)as Man on TV
AaltraAaltra(2004)as Le patron Aaltra
MustasilmÀ-Susanna ja lepakkoluolan aarre(1997)as Ovimies
Iron HorsemenIron Horsemen(1994)as Cadillac Man
Leningrad Cowboys Meet MosesLeningrad Cowboys Meet Moses(1994)as Factory Worker imitating Chaplin

Composer

Calamari UnionCalamari Union(1985)

Production Designer

The WorthlessThe Worthless(1982)

Production Manager

From Russia with RockFrom Russia with Rock(1988)

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Iron HorsemenIron Horsemen(1994)
Viimeiset rotannahatViimeiset rotannahat(1985)
Klaani: Tarina Sammakoitten suvustaKlaani: Tarina Sammakoitten suvusta(1984)
The WorthlessThe Worthless(1982)
Jackpot 2Jackpot 2(1982)

Sound Department

The Final ArrangementThe Final Arrangement(1987)
MorenaMorena(1986)

Camera and Electrical Department

Kuningas lÀhtee RanskaanKuningas lÀhtee Ranskaan(1986)
RossoRosso(1985)

Soundtrack

Calamari UnionCalamari Union(1985)

Self

Cinéma LaikaCinéma Laika(2023)as Self
Why Are We (Not) Creative?Why Are We (Not) Creative?(2021)as Self
The DinosaurThe Dinosaur(2021)as Self
Aki and PeterAki and Peter(2018)as Self
Festival de Cine de San SebastiĂĄnFestival de Cine de San SebastiĂĄn(1995)as Self - Winner

Archive Footage

Le cinéma de Jean-Pierre LéaudLe cinéma de Jean-Pierre Léaud(2024)as Self
Film ÖnĂŒ / ArkasiFilm ÖnĂŒ / Arkasi(2019)as Self
Mika KaurismÀki, elokuvaohjaajaMika KaurismÀki, elokuvaohjaaja(2015)as Self
Paluu SodankylÀÀn(2011)as Ville, son of the man dressed in white suit, Self
Los 10 magnĂ­ficosLos 10 magnĂ­ficos(2008)as Self

Archive Sound

Les Nuits de France CultureLes Nuits de France Culture(1994)as Self

Known for

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Aki KaurismÀki in Le Havre (2011)Aki KaurismÀki and Mika Nikander in Fallen Leaves (2023)Aki KaurismÀki, Kati Outinen, and Markku Peltola in The Man Without a Past (2002)Aki KaurismÀki in The Man Without a Past (2002)Aki KaurismÀki in The Man Without a Past (2002)Aki KaurismÀki and Mika KaurismÀki

Credit Score: Aki KaurismÀki

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198519861987
Hotel Receptionist
Fri Oct 17 1986
#NameScoreYearWinNomKnown★WinsNomsVotes
1Shadows in Paradise3.751986‱7.4008643