Ilkka Järvi-Laturi

Ilkka Järvi-Laturi
Born	(1961-11-28) November 28, 1961 Valkeakoski, Finland
Nationality	Finnish
Occupation	Film Director

Ilkka Järvi-Laturi (born November 28, 1961) is Finnish-born US-based film director whose best known film is Spy Games (History Is Made at Night) (1999). The main cast of the film is Hollywood actor 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 a few films in Finland. He has also acted in the 1985 film The Unknown Soldier. Järvi-Laturi also has been a co-director in several films.

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 currently lives in New York City and Beijing.

Filmography

Directed

• 1999: History Is Made at Night:
• 1993: Darkness in Tallinn (City Unplugged)
• 1989: Kotia päin (Homebound)
• 1988: Kaasari (Short)
• 1986: Come with Us (Short)
• 1983: Arsenikkia ja wanhoja peniksiä (Short)

Written

• 2011: Ensisuukko
• 1993: Darkness in Tallinn (City Unplugged)
• 1989: Kotia päin
• 1988: Kaasari (Short)
• 1988: Nuoruuteni savotat
• 1983: Arsenikkia ja wanhoja peniksiä

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

• 1993: Darkness in Tallinn (executive producer)
• 1988: Kaasari (Short) (producer)
• 1986: Come with Us (Short) (producer)
• 1983: Arsenikkia ja wanhoja peniksiä (Short) (producer)