FILM DIRECTOR

Matti Kassila

1924 - 2018

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Matti Kassila (12 January 1924 – 13 December 2018) was a Finnish film director who achieved fame as one of the most prominent Finnish filmmakers in the 1950s and 1960s. He is most famous for the series of four Inspector Palmu movies, based on the character created by Mika Waltari. During his long career, he won seven Jussi Awards, including a concrete Jussi for lifetime achievement, and received numerous other commendations. His 1959 film Punainen viiva was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matti Kassila is the 1,496th most popular film director (down from 1,465th in 2019), the 424th most popular biography from Finland (down from 414th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Finnish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Matti Kassila ranks 1,496 out of 2,041. Before him are Benny Chan, Patty Jenkins, Gillian Armstrong, Hiroyuki Imaishi, Lisa Joy, and Deepa Mehta. After him are Neil Burger, Jerzy Stefan Stawiński, Neill Blomkamp, Susan Seidelman, Zoltán Huszárik, and Rithy Panh.

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Among people born in 1924, Matti Kassila ranks 464. Before him are Earl Scruggs, Jackie Milburn, Evelyn Boyd Granville, Jack Weston, Harvey Kurtzman, and Paulo Muwanga. After him are Joy Page, William H. Webster, Norvel Lee, Joe Gaetjens, Tapan Sinha, and Georges Dransart. Among people deceased in 2018, Matti Kassila ranks 504. Before him are Marielle Franco, Jānis Bojārs, Igor Korobov, Danny Kirwan, Rim Banna, and Soslan Andiyev. After him are Adebayo Adedeji, Peter Hill-Wood, Pierre Pincemaille, Arnold Kopelson, Jim Neidhart, and Brian Christopher.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Matti Kassila ranks 424 out of 751. Before him are Ari-Pekka Nikkola (1969), Kari Hotakainen (1957), Karita Mattila (1960), Väinö Huhtala (1935), Sam Lake (1970), and Mirja Lehtonen (1942). After him are Jussi Halla-aho (1971), Kalevi Oikarainen (1936), Bruno Ahlberg (1911), Sari Essayah (1967), Kaisa Mäkäräinen (1983), and Markku Kanerva (1964).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Finland

Among film directors born in Finland, Matti Kassila ranks 7. Before him are Aki Kaurismäki (1957), Renny Harlin (1959), Mika Kaurismäki (1955), Mauritz Stiller (1883), Jörn Donner (1933), and Edvin Laine (1905).

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