Mika Kaurismäki
53 movies
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Sep 21, 1955 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Orimattila, Finland
- Also known as
- Mika Juhani Kaurismäki · Michael Bambihill
Biography
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 6.2 The Girl King
2015 · Film
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★ 7.0 Master Cheng
2019 · Film
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★ 5.8 L.A. Without a Map
1999 · Film
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★ 5.8 Road North
2012 · Film
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★ 6.5 The Worthless
1982 · Film
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★ 5.6 The House of Branching Love
2009 · Film
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★ 6.0 The Grump: In Search of an Escort
2022 · Film
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★ 6.7 Zombie and the Ghost Train
1991 · Film
Mika Kaurismäki: movies and TV shows
Acting (4)
- 2002
- 2000
- 1999 L.A. Without a Map
as Michael Bambihill (uncredited)
- 1989 Paper Star
as Haastattelija (voice)
Behind the camera (53)
- 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, Screenplay, Producer
- 2022 The Grump: In Search of an Escort
Director
- 2021 Gracious Night
Producer, Writer, Director, Editor
- 2019 Master Cheng
Producer, Director
- 2018 Over the Limit
Co-Producer
- 2018 Ryhmäteatteri
Producer, Writer, Director
- 2015 The Girl King
Director, Producer
- 2015 Homecoming
Director, Producer, Screenplay
- 2012 Kuningas Litmanen
Writer
- 2012 Road North
Writer, Director, Producer
- 2011 Mama Africa
Director, Writer
- 2011 Brothers
Director, Producer, Editor, Idea, Writer
- 2010 Vesku from Finland
Director
- 2009 The House of Branching Love
Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 2008 Three Wise Men
Director, Writer, Dialogue, Producer, Editor
- 2008 Sonic Mirror
Director, Writer
- 2005 Brasileirinho
Director
- 2004 Welcome to São Paulo
Director, Director of Photography
- 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, Editor, Writer
- 1993 The Last Border
Writer, Director, Editor, Producer
- 1991 Zombie and the Ghost Train
Director, Story, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
- 1990 Amazon
Director, Producer, Writer
- 1989 Paper Star
Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay
- 1989 Cha Cha Cha
Editor, Producer, Director, Writer
- 1988 Yötyö
Director
- 1987 Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
Writer, Director, Idea, Producer, Executive Producer
- 1986 Shadows in Paradise
Producer
- 1986 Morena
Production Manager, Assistant Director
- 1985 Rosso
Director, Writer, Producer
- 1985 Pimeys odottaa
Producer
- 1984 The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
Director, Screenplay, Editor
- 1984 Kello
Editor
- 1983 Crime and Punishment
Producer
- 1983
- 1982 The Worthless
Director, Producer, Writer
- 1982 Jackpot 2
Editor, Director, Writer, Producer
- 1981 The Saimaa Gesture
Director, Producer, Writer
- 1981 The Liar
Director, Producer
- 1979 Smash - Gefahr aus der Unendlichkeit
Assistant Camera
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2015
- 2011