FILM DIRECTOR

Aki Kaurismäki

1957 - Today

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Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈɑki ˈo̞lɑʋi ˈkɑu̯rismæki] ; born 4 April 1957) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. 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 Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989). He has been described as Finland's best-known film director. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aki Kaurismäki is the 94th most popular film director (down from 58th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Finland (down from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Film Director.

Aki Kaurismäki is most famous for his film "The Man Without a Past." The film is about a man who has lost his memory and tries to find out who he is.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Aki Kaurismäki ranks 94 out of 2,041. Before him are James Ivory, Terry Gilliam, Manoel de Oliveira, Carl Theodor Dreyer, John Carpenter, and Wolfgang Petersen. After him are Dario Argento, Christopher Nolan, Carlos Saura, Richard Attenborough, David Lean, and René Clair.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Aki Kaurismäki ranks 18. Before him are Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Caroline, Princess of Hanover, Christopher Lambert, Adrian Smith, and Sid Vicious. After him are Fumio Kishida, Shigeru Ishiba, Frances McDormand, Greg Abbott, Frank Miller, and Melanie Griffith.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Aki Kaurismäki ranks 21 out of 751. Before him are Mika Waltari (1908), Ragnar Granit (1900), Johan Gadolin (1760), Risto Ryti (1889), Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861), and Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865). After him are Mikael Agricola (1510), Vissarion Belinsky (1811), Mauno Koivisto (1923), Arto Paasilinna (1942), Kyösti Kallio (1873), and Helene Schjerfbeck (1862).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Finland

Among film directors born in Finland, Aki Kaurismäki ranks 1. After him are Renny Harlin (1959), Mika Kaurismäki (1955), Mauritz Stiller (1883), Jörn Donner (1933), Edvin Laine (1905), and Matti Kassila (1924).

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