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 Aki Kaurism?ki 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 Kaurism?ki, 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)).
Bio:
Aki Kaurism?ki 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 Kaurism?ki, 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)).
Tivia:
When winning the Grand Prix price in Cannes for his film The Man Without a Past (2002), he first thanked himself and then the judges, then he walked off.Although Lights in the Dusk (2006) was chosen to be Finland's nominee at the The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006), he decided to boycott the ceremony again and refused the nomination as a protest against the US foreign policy.Although being nominated for The Man Without a Past (2002), he refused to attend the The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003), noting he didn't feel like partying in a nation that is currently in a state of war (2003).His film Crime and Punishment (1983) is based on Dostoyevsky's famous novel. Kaurism?ki decided to make the film after he had read a book about Alfred Hitchcock written by Fran?ois Truffaut where Hitchcock said he would never touch that book to make a film of it because it was too difficult. Kaurism?ki admitted it was too difficult, but still the film was well received and now remains as a classic Finnish motion picture.Has been influenced by directors such as Jean-Pierre Melville and Robert Bresson.Moved to Portugal to live there with his wife Paula Oinonen, a painter.Is famous for saying in interviews that he has directed half of his films while sober and half when drunk, and yet nobody can tell them apart.Was turned down from a film school.He has been influenced above all by Marcel Carn��.Kaurism?ki has said that he will retire after directing 20 feature films.A fan of the french director Jean-Pierre Melville.10.10.2015 Aleksis Kivi Society awarded him "Eskon puumerkki", which is annually given to persons, who have shown to have genuine Finnish obstinacy and self-will and with help of these attributes like Esko of Nummisuutarit (Heath Cobblers) has carved his signature into the chronicles.Lives in Portugal since 1989.His last name, Kaurism?ki, means 'deer hill' (hill of the deer) in Finnish.Brother of Mika Kaurism?ki.Studied media studies at the University of Helsinki.His father was a salesman.Studied journalism at the University of Tampere. |
| Name: |
Aki Kaurism?ki |
Type: |
Producer,Writer,Director (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Producer,Writer,Director |
| Products for sale: |
Producer,Writer,Director |
| Model rank: |
629 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 03:56:02 |
| Height: |
6' 5?' (1.97 m) |
| Biography: |
Aki Kaurism?ki 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 Kaurism?ki, also |
| Trivia: |
When winning the Grand Prix price in Cannes for his film The Man Without a Past (2002), he first thanked himself and then the judges, then he walked off.Although Lights in the Dusk (2006) was chosen to be Finland's nominee at the The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006), he decided to boycott the ceremony again and refused the nomination as a protest against the US foreign policy.Although being nominated for The Man Without a Past (2002), he refused to attend the The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003), noting he didn't feel like partying in a nation that is currently in a state of war (2003).His film Crime and Punishment (1983) is based on Dostoyevsky's famous novel. Kaurism?ki decided to make the film after he had read a book about Alfred Hitchcock written by Fran?ois Truffaut where Hitchcock said he would never touch that book to make a film of it because it was too difficult. Kaurism?ki admitted it was too difficult, but still the film was well received and now remains as a classic Finnish motion picture.Has been influenced by directors such as Jean-Pierre Melville and Robert Bresson.Moved to Portugal to live there with his wife Paula Oinonen, a painter.Is famous for saying in interviews that he has directed half of his films while sober and half when drunk, and yet nobody can tell them apart.Was turned down from a film school.He has been influenced above all by Marcel Carn��.Kaurism?ki has said that he will retire after directing 20 feature films.A fan of the french director Jean-Pierre Melville.10.10.2015 Aleksis Kivi Society awarded him "Eskon puumerkki", which is annually given to persons, who have shown to have genuine Finnish obstinacy and self-will and with help of these attributes like Esko of Nummisuutarit (Heath Cobblers) has carved his signature into the chronicles.Lives in Portugal since 1989.His last name, Kaurism?ki, means 'deer hill' (hill of the deer) in Finnish.Brother of Mika Kaurism?ki.Studied media studies at the University of Helsinki.His father was a salesman.Studied journalism at the University of Tampere. |
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Frequently casts Matti Pellonp??
Frequently casts Kari V??n?nen
Frequently casts Markku Peltola
Frequently casts Kati Outinen
Characters that speak very little and smoke a lot. |
| Quotes: |
When I was young, I would sit in the bath and ideas would come to me. But I'm not young any more, so now I just sit in the bath.
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Cinema is dead. It died 1962, I think it was in October!
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I like dogs, mankind I don't care for too much. You're supposed to like mankind because you're part of it, but I prefer dogs. They are honest and they don't lie.
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Maybe my films are not masterpieces, but they are documents of their time. That's enough for me. Masterpieces I can't do - even though I try.
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The problem is, I have seen all the other films. All the serious films ever made I have seen, more or less. They are so good... and I am so bad. Very early in my so-called career, I knew I would never make a masterpiece. So I decided to make lots of decent films. |
| Job title: |
Producer,Writer,Director |
| Others works: |
(1992) TV commercial for Nippon Shokubai Co. - Director |
| Spouse: |
Paula Oinonen (? - present) |
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