Jaakko Pakkasvirta Explained

Jaakko Pakkasvirta
Birth Date:	28 November 1934
Birth Place:	Simpele, Finland
Death Place:	Vantaa, Finland
Occupation:	Film director Screenwriter
Yearsactive:	1958–2000

Jaakko Juhani Pakkasvirta (28 November 1934  - 23 March 2018) was a Finnish film director and screenwriter.^[1] 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.^[2] His 1978 film Poet and Muse was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.^[3]

Partial filmography

• Sankarialokas (1955) as Alokas
• Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin (1956) as Alokas
• Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla (1958) as Vartija (uncredited)
• Sotapojan heilat (1958) as Alokas
• Mies tältä tähdeltä (1958) as Erkki Paarala
• Patarouva (1959) as Stable master
• Iloinen Linnanmäki (1960) as Sorri
• Rakas... (1961) as Jaska
• Meren juhlat (1963) as Jaska, artist
• Hopeaa rajan takaa (1963) as Ese Wist
• X-paroni (1964) as James
• Onnenpeli (1965) as Jussi
• The Diary of a Worker (1967) as Priest (voice)
• Time of Roses (1969, director)
• Niilon oppivuodet (1971) as Interviewer in rock club (uncredited)
• Home for Christmas (1975, director)
• Poet and Muse (1978) as Otto Manninen
• Sign of the Beast (1981, director)
• Ulvova mylläri (1982) as Jeesus (voice)
• Valkoinen kääpiö (1986) as Tomas Borg
• Linna (1986) as Bürgel / Narrator

Notes and References

1. https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihdeuutiset/a/201803232200833851 Jussi-gaala -päivän suru-uutinen - ohjaaja-näyttelijä Jaakko Pakkasvirta menehtyi tänään: ”Nerokas taiteilija”
2. Web site: 9th Moscow International Film Festival (1975) . 2013-01-05 . MIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194905/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1975 . 16 January 2013 .
3. Web site: 11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979) . 2013-01-20 . MIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140403102012/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1979 . 3 April 2014.