Mika Kaurismäki
Encyclopedia : M : MI : MIK : Mika Kaurismäki
Mika Kaurismäki (born September 21, 1955) is a Finnish film director.
He is the elder brother of Aki Kaurismäki.
Mika Kaurismäki has lived in Brazil and has made several films with a Brazilian theme, including Amazon, Tigrero, Sambólico, Rytmi and Moro no Brasil. His latest film is Brasileirinho [link], a 2005 musical document about the traditional Brazilian choro music.
Filmography
Following is a filmography of Mika Kaurismäki as a director. He has made films in several languages; most commonly in English, Finnish and Portuguese. Below, original titles of the movies are shown in parenthesis.- Brasileirinho (2005)
- Welcome to São Paulo (Bem-Vindo a São Paulo) (2004)
- Honey Baby (2003)
- Sound of Brazil (Moro No Brasil) (2002)
- Highway Society (2000)
- L.A. Without a Map (1998)
- Danish Girls Show Everything (Danske piger viser alt) (1996)
- Condition Red (1996)
- Sambolico (1996)
- Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made (1994)
- The last border (1993)
- Zombie and the Ghost Train (Zombie ja Kummitusjuna) (1991)
- Amazon (1990)
- Paper Star (Paperitähti) (1989)
- Cha Cha Cha (1989)
- Night Work (Yötyö) (1988) (TV film)
- Helsinki Napoli - All Night Long (1987)
- Rosso (1985)
- The Clan Tale of the Frogs (Klaani - tarina Sammakoitten suvusta) (1984)
- The Worthless (Arvottomat) (1982)
- Jackpot 2 (1982) (short film)
- Saimaa-ilmiö (1981) (co-directed with Aki Kaurismäki)
- The Liar (Valehtelija) (1981)
External links
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.