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FILM DIRECTOR

Aki Kaurismäki

1957 - Today

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Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈɑki 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aki Kaurismäki has received more than 964,062 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Aki Kaurismäki is the 128th most popular film director (up from 152nd in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Finland (up from 28th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Film Director.

Aki Kaurismäki is most famous for his film "The Man Without a Past." The film is about a man who has lost his memory and tries to find out who he is.

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  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Aki Kaurismäki ranks 128 out of 1,581. Before him are Michael Cimino, Roy Andersson, Marcel Carné, Jiří Menzel, Peter Greenaway, and Michael Curtiz. After him are John Woo, Mel Brooks, Moustapha Akkad, René Clément, Claude Lelouch, and D. W. Griffith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Aki Kaurismäki ranks 19. Before him are Sid Vicious, Donald Tusk, Christopher Lambert, Gloria Estefan, Qasem Soleimani, and Melanie Griffith. After him are Stefan Löfven, Steve Buscemi, Carole Bouquet, Falco, Ofra Haza, and Paul Kagame.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Aki Kaurismäki ranks 23 out of 642. Before him are Elias Lönnrot (1802), George Gaynes (1917), Arto Paasilinna (1942), Ragnar Granit (1900), Helene Schjerfbeck (1862), and Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861). After him are Johan Gadolin (1760), Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881), Mikael Agricola (1510), Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865), Vissarion Belinsky (1811), and Mika Häkkinen (1968).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Finland

Among film directors born in Finland, Aki Kaurismäki ranks 1. After him are Mauritz Stiller (1883), Renny Harlin (1959), Mika Kaurismäki (1955), Jörn Donner (1933), and Matti Kassila (1924).

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Filmography

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