Aki Kaurismäki
Aki Olavi Kaurismäki is a Finnish filmmaker. He is best known for films such as Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989), Drifting Clouds (1996), The Man Without a Past (2002), Le Havre (2011), The Other Side of Hope (2017), and Fallen Leaves (2023).
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Background
- Born in
- Orimattila
- Educated at
- University of Tampere
- Awards
- 🏆 Berliner Kunstpreis🏆 Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix🏆 Knight of the Legion of Honour🏆 FIPRESCI Prize at Berlinale🏆 Annual award ACFK
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1957
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