Erkko Kivikoski (2 July 1936 – 11 August 2005) was a Finnish
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
and
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
. He directed nine films between 1962 and 1981. His 1963 film ''
Kesällä kello 5'' was entered into the
14th Berlin International Film Festival
The 14th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 26 June to 7 July 1964. The Swedish film '' 491'' by Vilgot Sjöman was rejected by festival director ''Alfred Bauer'' owing to its controversial nature. The Golden Bear was awarde ...
.
His 1981 film ''
Night by the Seashore'' was entered into the
12th Moscow International Film Festival
The 12th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1981. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Brazilian film ''O Homem que Virou Suco'' directed by João Batista de Andrade, the Vietnamese film '' The Abandoned Field: Free Fi ...
where it won a Special Diploma.
Filmography
* ''
Kaasua, komisario Palmu!
Gas, Inspector Palmu! (original Finnish title: ''Kaasua, komisario Palmu!'') is a 1961 Finnish crime movie directed by Matti Kassila. It is a sequel to Inspector Palmu's Mistake and is followed by The Stars Will Tell, Inspector Palmu. The main ...
'' (Cinematographer)
* ''
EP-X-503'' (1962)
* ''
Tori'' (1963)
* ''
Kesällä kello 5'' (1963)
* ''
Käyntikorttini...'' (1964)
* ''
Ovi'' (1966)
* ''
Kuuma kissa?'' (1968)
* ''
Kesyttömät veljekset'' (1969)
* ''
Laukaus tehtaalla'' (1973)
* ''
Yö meren rannalla'' (1981)
References
External links
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1936 births
2005 deaths
People from Iisalmi
Finnish film directors
Finnish screenwriters
Finnish cinematographers
20th-century Finnish people
20th-century screenwriters
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