About

Known credits:
19
Birthday:
1961-11-28
Place of birth:
Valkeakoski, Finland
Website:
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Ilkka Järvi-Laturi

Overview

Ilkka Järvi-Laturi (November 28, 1961 - March 5, 2023) was a Finnish-born US-based film director whose best known film is Spy Games (1999) starring Bill Pullman and Irene Jacob. The film was shot in Helsinki, New York and Toronto. Järvi-Laturi has a cameo role in the film.

Before making the film Spy Games, Järvi-Laturi directed and served as co-director of several films in Finland. He has also acted in the 1985 film The Unknown Soldier.

Järvi-Laturi won the Nordic Film Prize for the best Scandinavian Film of The Year and the highest Finnish film prize Jussi Award (best screenplay) in 1990 for Kotia Päin (Homebound). His Estonian actioner Darkness in Tallinn is the most widely distributed Estonian film so far, and won the Silver Alexander in Thessaloniki and the Fassbinder prize in Mannheim. He previously lived in New York and Beijing.

Known for

Acting
1999 Spy Games Actor Man Outside the Jazz-bar (uncredited) 58
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1989 The Winter War Actor 60
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1988 Nuoruuteni savotat Actor Kalle 59
Average
1985 The Unknown Soldier Actor 59
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Directing
2011 Kiss, His First Directing Director N/A
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1999 Spy Games Directing Director 58
Average
1993 City Unplugged Directing Director 58
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1989 Kaasari Directing Director N/A
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1989 Homebound Directing Director 59
Average
1988 Nuoruuteni savotat Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1987 Tropic of Ice – Jään kääntöpiiri Directing Assistant Director N/A
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Writing
2011 Kiss, His First Writing Writer N/A
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1993 City Unplugged Writing Screenplay 58
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1989 Kaasari Writing Writer N/A
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1989 Homebound Writing Writer 59
Average
1988 Nuoruuteni savotat Writing Screenplay 59
Average

Production
1993 City Unplugged Production Producer 58
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1989 Kaasari Production Producer N/A
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1987 Tropic of Ice – Jään kääntöpiiri Production Casting N/A
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