Jaakko Pakkasvirta

Biography

Jaakko Juhani Pakkasvirta (28 November 1934 – 23 March 2018) was a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 30 films between 1958 and 2000. His 1975 film Home for Christmas was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1978 film Poet and Muse was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.

Known For

Acting

1960

Iloinen Linnanmäki

as

Sorri

1958

Mies tältä tähdeltä

as

Erkki Paarala

1964

X-Paroni

as

James

1958

Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla

as

(uncredited)

1958

Sotapojan heilat

as

Alokas

1956

Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin

as

Alokas

1986

Valkoinen kääpiö

as

Tomas

1965

Onnenpeli

as

Jussi

1978

Poet and Muse

as

Otto Manninen

1970

Maaseudun tulevaisuus?

as

kertoja

1970

Kesäkapina

as

mies irtokynsimainoksessa

1963

Hopeaa rajan takaa

as

Ese Wist

1967

Town Is Our Future

as

Narrator

1961

Darling

as

Jaska Salmi

1963

Meren juhlat

as

Jaska

1986

Linna

as

Sihteeri Bürgel

Production

1964

X-Paroni

as

1982

Ulvova mylläri

as

1962

Yö vai päivä

as

1975

Jouluksi kotiin

as

1978

Poet and Muse

as

1981

Pedon merkki

as

Crew

Directing

1964

Tampere, the City of Joyful Summer

as

1968

Eläköön nuoruus!

as

1964

X-Paroni

as

1986

Linna

as

1962

Yö vai päivä

as

1981

Pedon merkki

as

1975

Jouluksi kotiin

as

1978

Poet and Muse

as

1968

The Green Widow

as

1970

Kesäkapina

as

1982

Ulvova mylläri

as

1993

Nitro League

as

Vandrande skugga

as