Mikko Niskanen

Directing •1929-01-31 •Äänekoski, Finland

Mikko Niskanen was a Finnish film director and actor. He was born in Äänekoski, Central Finland in 1929. He was the third of six children, and his father worked as a timber barge pilot. His mother too had a job outside the home, so the children often spent summers with their grandmother in Viitasaari. At the age of 13, Mikko Niskanen started working in timber felling and floating. Two years later he enrolled in a vocational school in Jyväskylä to become a car mechanic. He took a serious interest in amateur theatre and was accepted to study at the Finnish Theatre Academy in Helsinki from 1947 until 1950. He then acted in Jyväskylä and Kuopio theatres until 1954 when he landed an actor's job at the film studios of Suomen Filmiteollisuus in Helsinki. One of his first film roles was in Edvin Laine's The Unknown Soldier (1955). Between 1958 and 1961 Niskanen studied at the Moscow Film School in the Soviet Union. Niskanen's 1962 film The Boys was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. He continued his directing career focusing on themes such as rural life and youth. His second breakthrough was Under Your Skin (Käpy selän alla, 1966), a story of two young couples spending a weekend camping in the countryside. The film received six Jussi Awards and was followed by another story about young lovers, Asfalttilampaat (1968). Niskanen's tour de force as both actor and director was the five-hour television drama Eight Deadly Shots which was also released as a 145-minute theatrical version edited by Jörn Donner. Based on a true story from late 1960s Finland, it is a naturalistic drama about a poor farmer struggling to make a living for his family. He gradually becomes a violent alcoholic who goes on killing spree when the police arrive to calm him down. Besides directing, Niskanen gave a powerful and intense performance in the leading role. The film, like many of Niskanen's works were shot on locations around his home province north of Jyväskylä. Mikko Niskanen died of cancer at the age of 61.

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代表作

Kahdeksan surmanluotia

1972 · Pasi

Kahdeksan surmanluotia

1972 · Producer

Kahdeksan surmanluotia

1972 · Director

Kahdeksan surmanluotia

1972 · Writer

Kahdeksan surmanluotia

1972 · Director of Photography

Kahdeksan surmanluotia

1972 · Creator

Sodan ja rauhan miehet

1972 · Director of Photography

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Nuoruuteni savotat

1988 •(uncredited)

Nuoruuteni savotat

1988 •Director

Nuoruuteni savotat

1988 •Screenplay

Nuoruuteni savotat

1988 •Casting

Elämän vonkamies

1986 •Auku-eno

Elämän vonkamies

1986 •Screenplay

Elämän vonkamies

1986 •Director

Mona ja palavan rakkauden aika

1983 •Martti, Monan äidin esimies

Mona ja palavan rakkauden aika

1983 •Director

Mona ja palavan rakkauden aika

1983 •Producer

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Mona ja palavan rakkauden aika

1983 •Story

Ajolähtö

1982 •Aaro, työnjohtaja

Rauta-aika

1982 •Tiera

Hamsterit

1982 •Jallu

Ajolähtö

1982 •Writer

Ajolähtö

1982 •Director

Ajolähtö

1982 •Producer

Kyläkauppa

1979 •Producer

Syksyllä kaikki on toisin

1978 •Kalervo Haapanen

Sodan ja rauhan miehet

1978 •Stalin

Syksyllä kaikki on toisin

1978 •Director

Syksyllä kaikki on toisin

1978 •Screenplay

Syksyllä kaikki on toisin

1978 •Producer

Pulakapina

1977 •Heikki Niskanen

Pulakapina

1977 •Screenplay

Pulakapina

1977 •Director

Pulakapina

1977 •Producer

Onnettomuus

1976 •Producer

Onnettomuus

1976 •Production Supervisor

17. kesä

1976 •Producer

八响致命枪声

1972 •Pasi

Kahdeksan surmanluotia

1972 •Pasi

八响致命枪声

1972 •Writer

八响致命枪声

1972 •Director of Photography

八响致命枪声

1972 •Director

八响致命枪声

1972 •Producer

Kahdeksan surmanluotia

1972 •Producer

Kahdeksan surmanluotia

1972 •Director

Kahdeksan surmanluotia

1972 •Writer

Kahdeksan surmanluotia

1972 •Director of Photography

Kahdeksan surmanluotia

1972 •Creator

Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta

1971 •Palsami / Rehentelevä tukkilainen

Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta

1971 •Director

Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta

1971 •Screenplay

Täällä Pohjantähden alla

1968

Asfalttilampaat

1968 •Director

Asfalttilampaat

1968 •Screenplay

Lapualaismorsian

1967 •luennoitsija

Elokuva jalostavasta rakkaudesta

1967 •Netsajev

Lapualaismorsian

1967 •Director

Elokuva jalostavasta rakkaudesta

1967 •Director

Lapualaismorsian

1967 •Writer

Ihmisiä elämän pohjalla

1967 •Director

深入肌肤

1966 •Man on Dance Floor (uncredited)

深入肌肤

1966 •Director

Sissit

1963 •Director

Hopeaa rajan takaa

1963 •Director

Sissit

1963 •Screenplay

Hopeaa rajan takaa

1963 •Screenplay

Naiset, jotka minulle annoit

1962

Hän varasti elämän

1962 •(uncredited)

Älä nuolase…

1962

男孩们

1962 •Director

男孩们

1962 •Screenplay

Isaskar Keturin ihmeelliset seikkailut

1960 •(uncredited)

Autuas eversti

1958 •(uncredited)

Kahden ladun poikki

1958 •(uncredited)

Verta käsissämme

1958

Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla

1958 •(uncredited)

Verta käsissämme

1958 •Location Manager

1918

1957 •(uncredited)

Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä

1957 •UN-soldier #2

Herra sotaministeri

1957 •(uncredited)

Juha

1956 •Location Manager

Tähtisilmä

1955 •artist Sumppu

Kaunis Kaarina

1955 •(uncredited)

无名战士

1955 •Mielonen

Ryysyrannan Jooseppi

1955 •Villager (uncredited)

Tanssi yli hautojen

1950

Köyhä laulaja

1950 •(uncredited)