- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- January 31, 1929
- Place of Birth
- Äänekoski, Finland
- Died
- November 25, 1990
Mikko Niskanen
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…
Filmography
movieNuoruuteni savotat
1988 · (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Casting
movieElämän vonkamies
1986 · Auku-eno, Screenplay, Director
movieMona ja palavan rakkauden aika
1983 · Martti, Monan äidin esimies, Director, Producer, Story
Hamsterit
tvHamsterit
1982 · Jallu
tvThe Age of Iron
1982 · Tiera
movieGotta Run!
1982 · Aaro, työnjohtaja, Director, Writer, Producer
movieKyläkauppa
1979 · Producer
tvSodan ja rauhan miehet
1978 · Stalin
movieSyksyllä kaikki on toisin
1978 · Kalervo Haapanen, Director, Screenplay, Producer
moviePulakapina
1977 · Heikki Niskanen, Director, Screenplay, Producer
movie17. kesä
1976 · Producer
movieThe Accident
1976 · Producer, Production Supervisor
movieOmat koirat purivat
1974 · Ilmari Kianto, Director, Screenplay
movieEight Deadly Shots
1972 · Pasi, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
tvEight Deadly Shots
1972 · Pasi, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Creator
movieLaulu tulipunaisesta kukasta
1971 · Palsami / Rehentelevä tukkilainen, Director, Screenplay
movieAsfalttilampaat
1968 · Director, Screenplay
movieHere, Beneath the North Star
1968
movieGirl of Finland
1967 · luennoitsija, Director, Writer
Elokuva jalostavasta rakkaudesta
movieElokuva jalostavasta rakkaudesta
1967 · Netsajev, Director
Ihmisiä elämän pohjalla
movieIhmisiä elämän pohjalla
1967 · Director
movieSkin, Skin
1966 · Man on Dance Floor (uncredited), Director
movieHopeaa rajan takaa
1963 · Director, Screenplay
movieCommando Assault
1963 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Boys
1962 · Director, Screenplay
movieNaiset, jotka minulle annoit
1962
movieHän varasti elämän
1962 · (uncredited)
movieÄlä nuolase…
1962
movieIsaskar Keturin ihmeelliset seikkailut
1960 · (uncredited)
movieVerta käsissämme
1958 · , Location Manager
movieAutuas eversti
1958 · (uncredited)
moviePekka ja Pätkä Suezilla
1958 · (uncredited)
movieKahden ladun poikki
1958 · (uncredited)
moviePekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä
1957 · UN-soldier #2
movie1918
1957 · (uncredited)
movieHerra sotaministeri
1957 · (uncredited)
movieJuha
1956 · Location Manager
movieThe Unknown Soldier
1955 · Mielonen
movieKaunis Kaarina
1955 · (uncredited)
movieTähtisilmä
1955 · artist Sumppu
movieRyysyrannan Jooseppi
1955 · Villager (uncredited)
movieTanssi yli hautojen
1950
movieKöyhä laulaja
1950 · (uncredited)