Aki Kaurismäki worked in film at a period when the medium itself was still changing shape.
The record lists Aki Kaurismäki as Finnish film director (born 1957).
Aki Kaurismäki was born at Orimattila in 1957. His recorded nationality is Finland. He trained at University of Tampere.
By this period cinema was global and fragmented: independent finance, festival circuits and television drama competing for the same talent.
Aki Kaurismäki is credited as film director, film editor and actor.
His name is attached above all to films such as Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Drifting Clouds, The Man Without a Past, Le Havre, The Other Side of. The screen flattens effort: a performance that took months reads as a few unhurried minutes.
Formal recognition came in the shape of the Knight of the Legion of Honour (2001) and Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland (1994).
That the work was made from Finland shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
Aki Kaurismäki is still working, and the shape of the career is not yet settled.
Achievements
- Knight of the Legion of Honour — 2001
- Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland — 1994
- Worked as film director, film editor and actor
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