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# Aki Kaurismaki

(1957)   Film Director

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Aki Kaurismaki is a film director, best known for *Mies vailla menneisyyttä*.

## Quick Facts About Aki Kaurismaki

Born April 4, 1957

Profession Film Director

Notable works Mies vailla menneisyyttä

## About Aki Kaurismaki

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).

##  Quotes by Aki Kaurismaki

> [Real film is light; digital is electricity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aki-kaurismaki/real-film-is-light-digital-is-electricity/)

Aki Kaurismaki

[Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c14/aki-kaurismaki-80241_cinema_real-film-is-light-digital-is-electricit_633761.jpg)

> [When I was young, I would sit in the bath and ideas would come to me. But I'm not young any more,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aki-kaurismaki/when-i-was-young-i-would-sit-in-the-bath-and-ideas-would-come-to-me/)

Aki Kaurismaki

[Active minds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/active-minds/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4d/aki-kaurismaki-80241_active-minds_when-i-was-young-i-would-sit-in-the-bath_1377714.jpg)

> [ “The shot \[in the 1956 film Written on the Wind \] with Dorothy Malone walking down the stairs makes all rock videos… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aki-kaurismaki/the-shot-in-the-1956-film-written-on-the-wind-with-dorothy-malone/)

Aki Kaurismäki

[Film](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/aki-kaurismaki-80241_film_the-shot-in-the-1956-film-written-on-the_3112120.jpg)

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