Ilkka Järvi-Laturi

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Nov 28, 1961 (63 years old)
Death date
Mar 05, 2023

Ilkka Järvi-Laturi

Known For

Spy Games
1h 35m
Movie 1999

Spy Games

A romantic suspense-comedy about CIA agent Harry (Bill Pullman) and SVR agent Natasha (Irene Jacob) fighting to save the world, their lives and secret love in the post cold war Helsinki

Nuoruuteni savotat
2h 45m
Movie 1988

Nuoruuteni savotat

Lumberjacking is a second part of saga about young author, Kalle Päätalo. It's a story about growing up and becoming a storyteller in hard times when their father was in the forced labour camp. He was a lunatic.

The Unknown Soldier
3h 19m
Movie 1985

The Unknown Soldier

Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944).

Biography

Ilkka Untamo Järvi-Laturi (November 28, 1961 – March 5, 2023) was a Finnish-born US-based film director whose best known film is Spy Games (1999) starring 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 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. He previously lived in New York and Beijing.

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