Pirjo Honkasalo
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 22, 1947
- Birthplace
- Helsinki, Finland
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.
Filmography
Orenda 2025
Director
The Dinosaur 2021
as Self
Donner - Private 2021
Writer
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women 2014
as Self
Concrete Night 2013
Screenplay, Director
ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest 2010
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
The Interrogation 2009
Director of Photography
Helsinki, Forever 2008
Thanks
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia 2004
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
Fire-Eater 1998
Director
Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work 1998
Director of Photography
Atman 1997
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Cinematography
The Cinderella of Tallinn 1996
Writer, Director
Christmas in the Distance 1994
Thanks
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils 1993
Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
Mysterion 1991
Still Photographer, Director, Other, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography
Molle: A Director's Portrait of Academian Rauni Mollberg 1991
as Self
Da Capo 1985
Director, Editor, Screenplay
250 Grammes – A Radioactive Testament 1983
Editor, Producer, Director, Writer
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki 1982
Director of Photography, Director, Editor
Flame Top 1980
Director, Screenplay
Two Forces 1979
as Self, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography, Director
- The Sign of Danger
The Sign of Danger 1978
Director, Writer
Ikäluokka 1976
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
The Earth Is a Sinful Song 1973
Screenplay, Assistant Director, Sound Editor
Uuno Turhapuro 1973
as Nainen raitiovaunussa (uncredited)
Hangover 1973
Director of Photography
Hellyys 1972
Camera Operator
Marja pieni! 1972
Director of Photography
Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta 1971
Still Photographer
Pilvilinna 1970
Director of Photography
Portraits of Women 1970
as Film Crew Member (uncredited), Still Photographer
The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth 1968
Director, Writer
- Before I die
Before I die 1967
Director
Credits from TMDB.