Aki Kaurismaki

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BIRTHDAY

April 04, 1957

Finland

RECENT CREDITS

Lights in the Dusk (FILM) Jun. 13, 2007

The Man Without a Past (FILM) Apr. 4, 2003

Aaltra (FILM) Jan. 1, 2003

Klassikko (FILM) Jan. 1, 2001

Varjoja paratiisissa (FILM) Jan. 1, 2001

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BIOGRAPHY

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Young, inventive director who began receiving international recognition in the late 1980s. Kaurismaki's output has ranged from wacky, comic-book style adventures ("Calamari Union" 1985, "Leningrad Cowboys Go America" 1989) to revisionist adaptations of literary classics ("Crime and Punishment" 1983, "Hamlet Goes Business" 1987"), and he has proved himself adept at combining gritty, noir-ish realism with sly, sardonic humor ("Ariel" 1988). Kaurismaki's minimalist style, prolific output and taste for wry melodrama have invited comparisons with filmmakers such as R.W. Fassbinder and Jim Jarmusch.

With his brother Mika ("Rosso" 1985, "Helsinki Napoli All Night Long" 1988), and other directors including Pekka Parikka ("Plainlands" 1988, "The Winter War" 1989), Kaurismaki is at the forefront of a burgeoning new wave of Finnish cinema.

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Entertainment Industry Prepares for Impact of War

Mar. 21, 2003

Uncertainty over the U.S.-led war against Iraq has not only cast a shadow on the 75th annual Academy Awards set to take place Sunday night at the Kodak Theater, but on the entertainment industry as a whole.

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