Ilkka Järvi-Laturi
Ilkka Untamo Järvi-Laturi (28 November 1961 – 5 March 2023) was a Finnish-born US-based film director whose best known film was Spy Games (1999) starring Bill Pullman and Irene Jacob. The film was shot in Helsinki, New York and Toronto. Järvi-Laturi had a cameo role in the film.
Ilkka Järvi-Laturi
- Name
- Ilkka Järvi-Laturi
- Born
- 28 November 1961
- Birthplace
- Valkeakoski, Finland
- Died
- 5 March 2023
- Place of death
- Padasjoki, Finland
- Occupation
- Film director
- Full name
- Ilkka Untamo Järvi-Laturi.
- Nationality
- Finland.
- Education
- University of Helsinki, Theatre Academy Helsinki, Aalto University School of Arts and Design and Architecture.
- Honours
- Jussi Award for Best Script and Anjalankoski Film Award.
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Ilkka Untamo Järvi-Laturi (28 November 1961 – 5 March 2023) was a Finnish-born US-based film director whose best known film was Spy Games (1999) starring Bill Pullman and Irene Jacob. The film was shot in Helsinki, New York and Toronto. Järvi-Laturi had a cameo role in the film.
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Key facts
• Name — Ilkka Järvi-Laturi • Born — 28 November 1961 • Birthplace — Valkeakoski, Finland • Died — 5 March 2023 • Place of death — Padasjoki, Finland • Occupation — Film director
Career
Career
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.
Personal Life and Death
Personal Life and Death
Järvi-Laturi lived in New York City and Beijing. He died in Padasjoki on 5 March 2023, at the age of 61.
Directed
Directed
• 1999: History Is Made at Night • 1993: Darkness in Tallinn (City Unplugged) • 1989: Homebound • 1988: Kaasari (Short) • 1986: Come with Us (Short) • 1983: Arsenikkia ja wanhoja peniksiä (Short)
Written
Written
• 2011: Ensisuukko • 1993: Darkness in Tallinn (City Unplugged) • 1989: Kotia päin • 1988: Kaasari (Short) • 1988: Nuoruuteni savotat • 1983: Arsenikkia ja wanhoja peniksiä
Acted
Acted
• 1999: History Is Made at Night:... Man outside the jazz-bar (uncredited) • 1989: Talvisota... Private by the River Bank • 1988: Nuoruuteni savotat... Hoikkalan Kalle • 1985: The Unknown Soldier:... Young Second Lieutenant • 1984: Angelan sota... dying patient • 1982: Tyly rakkaus (TV Movie)... Juha
Produced
Produced
• 1993: Darkness in Tallinn (executive producer) • 1988: Kaasari (Short) (producer) • 1986: Come with Us (Short) (producer) • 1983: Arsenikkia ja wanhoja peniksiä (Short) (producer)
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New York City.
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Valkeakoski.
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Padasjoki.
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