Aki Kaurismäki
Aki Kaurismäki | |
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Aki Kaurismäki at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival | |
| Born | Aki Olavi Kaurismäki 4 April 1957 Orimattila, Finland |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
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.