About
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 Mika Kaurismäki. After graduating in media studies from the University of Tampere, Kaurismäki worked as a bricklayer, postman, and dish-washer, long before pursuing his interest in cinema, first as a critic, and later as a screenwriter & director. He started his career as a co-screenwriter and actor in films made by his older brother, Mika Kaurismäki. He played the main role in Mika's film The...
Known for
AaltraMovie • 2004
Fallen LeavesMovie • 2023
Le HavreMovie • 2011
Shadows in ParadiseMovie • 1986
ArielMovie • 1988
The Man Without a PastMovie • 2002
The Match Factory GirlMovie • 1990
The Other Side of HopeMovie • 2017
La Vie de BohèmeMovie • 1992
Leningrad Cowboys Go AmericaMovie • 1989
Lights in the DuskMovie • 2006
To Each His Own CinemaMovie • 2007
Calamari UnionMovie • 1985
I Hired a Contract KillerMovie • 1990
Drifting CloudsMovie • 1996
Ten Minutes Older: The TrumpetMovie • 2002
Crime and PunishmentMovie • 1983
The WorthlessMovie • 1982
Bad FamilyMovie • 2010
Visions of EuropeMovie • 2004
JuhaMovie • 1999
Leningrad Cowboys Meet MosesMovie • 1994
Tavern ManMovie • 2012
Hamlet Goes BusinessMovie • 1987