Juho Kuosmanen
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 30, 1979
- Birthplace
- Kokkola, Finland
Juho Kuosmanen (born 1979) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. His first feature film The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the top prize. In 2021, his second feature film Compartment No. 6 shared the Cannes Grand Prix (the festival's second prize) together with Asghar Farhadi's A Hero. Kuosmanen graduated from Aalto University in 2014. His graduation film The Painting Sellers was nominated for five Jussi Awards (Finnish premier film industry award). The Painting Sellers won the first prize in Cinéfondation in Cannes Film Festival in 2010. Kuosmanen worked as an actor in Leea Klemola's arctic trilogy in Tampere Theatre in Kokkola and New Karleby Kuosmanen has also directed opera with conductors Sakari Oramo and Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
Filmography
- Dream Come True
Dream Come True TBA
Director, Screenplay
Silent Trilogy 2024
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Fallen Leaves 2023
as Karaoke Pub Patron (uncredited)
A Planet Far Away 2023
Dialogue, Director
Cinéma Laika 2023
as Self
Compartment No. 6 2021
Screenplay, Director
The Dinosaur 2021
as Self
Moonshiners 2017
Director, Writer
The Other Side of Hope 2017
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki 2016
Director, Writer
Pony Freak 2014
Director, Writer, Editor
- The Princess of Egypt
The Princess of Egypt 2013
as Lehdenjakaja
Conversations Between Men 2013
as Avustaja
Scrap-Mattila and the Beautiful Woman 2012
Director, Editor, Writer
The Painting Sellers 2010
Director, Production Design
Citizens 2008
Dramaturgy, Director
8 Days to Premiere 2008
as Teatterin näyttelijä
Roadmarkers 2007
Director
Credits from TMDB.