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Mikko Niskanen
Directing

Mikko Niskanen
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1929-01-31,Äänekoski, Finland
Gender
Male
Biography
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 in the Soviet Union. Niskanen's 1962 film The Boys was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. He continued his directing career focusing on themes such as rural life and youth. His second breakthrough was Under Your Skin (Käpy selän alla, 1966), a story of two young couples spending a weekend camping in the countryside. The film received six Jussi Awards and was followed by another story about young lovers, Asfalttilampaat (1968). Niskanen's tour de force as both actor and director was the five-hour television drama Eight Deadly Shots which was also released as a 145-minute theatrical version edited by Jörn Donner. Based on a true story from late 1960s Finland, it is a naturalistic drama about a poor farmer struggling to make a living for his family. He gradually becomes a violent alcoholic who goes on killing spree when the police arrive to calm him down. Besides directing, Niskanen gave a powerful and intense performance in the leading role. The film, like many of Niskanen's works were shot on locations around his home province north of Jyväskylä. Mikko Niskanen died of cancer at the age of 61.

Filmography

5

Tähtisilmä
1955-04-15

Here, Beneath the North Star

6.75

Here, Beneath the North Star
1968-09-13

Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta

5.643

Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta
1971-10-29

Tanssi yli hautojen

4.75

Tanssi yli hautojen
1950-08-11

6.667

Kaunis Kaarina
1955-11-18

8

1918
1957-09-20

Kahden ladun poikki

9

Kahden ladun poikki
1958-02-28

8

Autuas eversti
1958-09-05

Verta käsissämme

3.75

Verta käsissämme
1958-11-21

Isaskar Keturin ihmeelliset seikkailut

6.5

Isaskar Keturin ihmeelliset seikkailut
1960-02-24

8.5

Köyhä laulaja
1950-04-28

5.955

Skin, Skin
1966-10-21

Girl of Finland

6.222

Girl of Finland
1967-12-01

Naiset, jotka minulle annoit

3

Naiset, jotka minulle annoit
1962-08-17

Hän varasti elämän

6.5

Hän varasti elämän
1962-08-03

Nuoruuteni savotat

7

Nuoruuteni savotat
1988-11-18

6.25

Älä nuolase…
1962-02-09

Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla

5.7

Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla
1958-04-25

Elämän vonkamies

7.143

Elämän vonkamies
1986-10-31

Elokuva jalostavasta rakkaudesta

1

Elokuva jalostavasta rakkaudesta
1967-09-06

Mona ja palavan rakkauden aika

5.125

Mona ja palavan rakkauden aika
1983-12-23

Syksyllä kaikki on toisin

5.667

Syksyllä kaikki on toisin
1978-10-06

Eight Deadly Shots

7.7

Eight Deadly Shots
1972-09-15

7

Pulakapina
1977-01-26

Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä

4.583

Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä
1957-12-20

Herra sotaministeri

7

Herra sotaministeri
1957-08-09

The Unknown Soldier

7.37

The Unknown Soldier
1955-12-23

Ryysyrannan Jooseppi

5

Ryysyrannan Jooseppi
1955-04-08

6.25

Gotta Run!
1982-02-05

Eight Deadly Shots

9.5

Eight Deadly Shots
1972-03-29

The Age of Iron

5.75

The Age of Iron
1982-02-28

7.333

Hamsterit
1982-12-27

Sodan ja rauhan miehet

8

Sodan ja rauhan miehet
1978-12-03