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Kuusi
Kuusi is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Janne Kuusi (born 1954), Finnish television and film director, screenwriter, producer and occasional actor * Kim Kuusi (born 1947), Finnish composer * Matti Kuusi Matti Akseli Kuusi (25 March 1914 in Helsinki – 16 January 1998 in Helsinki) was a Finnish folklorist, paremiographer and paremiologist. He wrote several books and a number of articles on Finnish folklore. He was the first to have introduced ... (1914–1998), Finnish folklorist, paremiographer and paremiologist {{surname, Kuusi Finnish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matti Kuusi
Matti Akseli Kuusi (25 March 1914 in Helsinki – 16 January 1998 in Helsinki) was a Finnish folklorist, paremiographer and paremiologist. He wrote several books and a number of articles on Finnish folklore. He was the first to have introduced the type system of proverbs similar to the Aarne–Thompson classification system of folklore, the Matti Kuusi international type system of proverbs. With encouragement from Archer Taylor he founded the journal ''Proverbium: Bulletin d'Information sur les Recherches Parémiologiques'', published from 1965 to 1975 by the Society for Finnish Literature, which was later restarted as '' Proverbium: International Yearbook of Proverb Scholarship''. He was a member of the noble family Granfelt, but his father had fennicized his original Swedish surname to express his political sympathies. During his study period in the 1930s, Matti Kuusi was involved with nationalist political organizations. In the 1950s, he was appointed as the Professor of Fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janne Kuusi
Janne Tapio Kuusi (born 29 April 1954 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish television and film director, screenwriter, producer and occasional actor. Career Directing since 1980 Kuusi has worked mostly on television in Finland although he has directed several feature films, short fictions and documentaries. His last film direction in 2011 was '' Bohemian Eyes'', a documentary film on Aki Kaurismäki's star actor Matti Pellonpää. After 2006 he has concentrated to writing; his first novel ''Vapaus'' ("''Freedom''") was published in 2010 and sixth one ''400 kekkosta'' in 2022. Filmography * ''Laki jota ei ole/The un-existing Law'', 1979, a TV documentary (20 min) director, editor * ''Prologi/The Prologue'', 1980, a 30-min. fiction. Writer, director, editor, producer * ''Läpimurto/The Breakthrough'', 1981, a 45 min. fiction. Writer together with J. Tommola, director * ''Parveke/Le Balcon/The Balcony'', 1982, a TV-play (140 min) adaptation from the play by Jean Genet and direction to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Kuusi
Kim Kuusi (born 28 December 1947, in Helsinki) is a Finnish composer best known for his advertising jingles. Kuusi studied at the Helsinki School of Economics, also teaching there in 1975. Alongside studying, Kuusi had been involved in the creation of Ryhmäteatteri as its composer and musician from 1969 to 1973. At the same time, he also performed in Pihasoittajat, for whom he wrote, among other things, the Finnish Eurovision The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ... entry in 1975, ''Old man fiddle.'' References External links Armeija marssii Pohjantähden alla (Kauppalehti.fi) * 1947 births Living people Musicians from Helsinki Jingle composers {{Finland-composer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
