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Finnish film director, actor and film editor (born 1955)
Veikko Aaltonen
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Veikko Aaltonen in 2013
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Born
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1955-12-01
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1 December 1955
(age 68)
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Nationality
| Finnish
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Occupation(s)
| Director, editor, sound editor, production manager, film and television writer and actor
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Veikko Aaltonen
(born 1 December 1955) is a Finnish director, editor,
sound editor
, production manager and film and television writer and actor.
Aaltonen was born in
Saaksmaki
. He began his career in the mid-1970s working as a sound editor on various films. Early in his career, he worked with
Rauni Mollberg
as co-writer on two of his films,
Milka ? A Film About Taboos
(1980) and
The Unknown Soldier
(1985).
In 1987, Aaltonen directed his first feature film,
The Final Arrangement
(
Tilinteko
), which he co-wrote with
Aki Kaurismaki
, who also produced the film. Five years later, he directed a film that has been considered his primary breakthrough,
The Prodigal Son
(
Tuhlaajapoika
, 1992). Aaltonen was the first Finnish director to work on topics like pedophilia, Sadomasochism and sexual subjugation without credibility and morality.
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Aaltonen has also made documentaries and directed TV series.
Partial filmography
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- The Worthless
(
Arvottomat
, 1982) ? actor
- Crime and Punishment
(
Rikos ja rangaistus
, 1983) ? editor
- The Unknown Soldier
(
Tuntematon sotilas
, 1985) ? co-writer
- La Vie de Boheme
(
Boheemielamaa
, 1992) ? editor
- Our Father...
(
Isa meidan
, 1993) ? director, writer, editor
- Seasick
(
Merisairas
, 1996) ? director, co-editor
- Kiss Me in the Rain
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fi
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(
Rakkaudella, Maire
, 1999) ? director, editor
- The Earth
(
Maa
, documentary film, 2001) ? director, editor, writer
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- Working Class
(
Tyovaenluokka
, 2004) ? director, writer, editor
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- Trench Road
(
Juoksuhaudantie
, 2004) ? director, writer
- The Shepherds
(
Paimenet
, documentary film, 2005) ? director, writer
[4]
- Uudisraivaaja
(television drama series, 2006) ? director
- Sydanjaa
(television drama series, 2007) ? director
- Harvoin tarjolla
(television drama series, 2008) ? director
- Helppo elama
(television drama series, 2009?2011) ? director
- Kansan mies
(television drama series, 2013?2014) ? director
- Rahti
(2021) ? writer
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