Mika Kaurismäki
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 21, 1955, Orimattila, Finland
- Movies
- 55
Mika Kaurismäki is a Finnish director and screenwriter. He is the elder brother of Aki Kaurismäki, and the father of actresses Maria and Anna-Maija Kaurismäki .
Mika Kaurismäki lived in Brazil from approximately 1992 to late 2019, but has since left he country because he disagrees with President Bolsonaro's politics.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2015 | Mika Kaurismäki, elokuvaohjaaja | self |
| 2011 | Bohemian Eyes | Self |
| 2002 | Moro no Brasil | |
| 2000 | VÄNÄ | |
| 1999 | L.A. Without a Map | Michael Bambihill (uncredited) |
| 1989 | Paper Star | Haastattelija (voice) |
| 1981 | The Saimaa Gesture | Self - Man in Crowd (uncredited) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2026 | Amongst the Birds | Director |
| 2025 | Every Note You Play | Director |
| 2024 | Long Good Thursday | Director |
| 2023 | Hassisen Kone stadionilla | Producer, Director |
| 2023 | Hassisen Kone 40 Years After | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 2022 | The Grump: In Search of an Escort | Director |
| 2021 | Gracious Night | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 2019 | Master Cheng | Producer, Director |
| 2018 | Ryhmäteatteri | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 2015 | The Girl King | Director, Producer |
| 2015 | Homecoming | Producer, Director, Screenplay |
| 2012 | Kuningas Litmanen | Writer |
| 2012 | Road North | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 2011 | Mama Africa | Director, Writer |
| 2011 | Brothers | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 2010 | Vesku from Finland | Director |
| 2009 | The House of Branching Love | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 2008 | Three Wise Men | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2008 | Sonic Mirror | Director, Writer |
| 2005 | Brasileirinho | Director |
| 2004 | Welcome to São Paulo | Director |
| 2004 | Honey Baby | Director, Writer |
| 2002 | Moro no Brasil | Director, Writer |
| 2000 | Highway Society | Writer, Producer, Director |
| 1999 | L.A. Without a Map | Director, Screenplay |
| 1998 | Sand Bride | Producer |
| 1997 | Vaiennut kylä | Producer |
| 1996 | Danish Girls Show Everything | Director |
| 1996 | Sambolico | Director, Screenplay |
| 1995 | Condition Red | Director |
| 1995 | Daughters of Yemanjá | Producer |
| 1994 | Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1993 | The Last Border | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1991 | Zombie and the Ghost Train | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1990 | Amazon | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1989 | Paper Star | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 1989 | Cha Cha Cha | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 1988 | Yötyö | Director |
| 1987 | Helsinki Napoli All Night Long | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 1986 | Shadows in Paradise | Producer |
| 1985 | Rosso | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1985 | Pimeys odottaa | Producer |
| 1984 | The Clan: Tale of the Frogs | Screenplay, Director |
| 1983 | Crime and Punishment | Producer |
| 1982 | The Worthless | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1982 | Jackpot 2 | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1981 | The Saimaa Gesture | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 1981 | The Liar | Director, Producer |
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