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Aki Kaurismäki
Aki Kaurismäki
	Aki Kaurismäki in 2012
Born	Aki Olavi Kaurismäki; 4 April 1957 (age 67); Orimattila, Finland
Occupation(s)	Movie director, producer and screenwriter
Awards	Cannes Grand Prix; 2002 The Man Without a Past; Cannes Ecumenical Jury Special Mention; 1996 Drifting Clouds; Cannes Prize of the Ecumenical Jury; 2002 The Man Without a Past; FIPRESCI Award; 2011 Le Havre; Jussi for Best Film; 2006 Lights in the Dusk; Jussi for Best Debut Film; 1983 Crime and Punishment; Jussi for Best Script; 1983 Crime and Punishment; 1996 Drifting Clouds; 2002 The Man Without a Past; 2011 Le Havre; Jussi for Best Direction; 1990 The Match Factory Girl; 1992 La vie de bohème; 1996 Drifting Clouds; 2002 The Man Without a Past; São Paulo Audience Award for Best Feature; 1996 Drifting Clouds

Aki Kaurismäki (born 4 April 1957 Orimattila, Finland) is a movie director and a screenwriter from Finland. In his movies he shows understanding of people who are not very successful in life. He writes in the style of black comedy.

Kaurismäki made his first movie in 1983. It was based on Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.^[1]

The Man Without a Past won the Grand Prix award in the Cannes Film Festival in 2002.^[2] It was also an Academy Award nominee for best foreign language movie. The plot is about a man who lost his memory, but gets help from many people whom he meets.^[3]

Other Kaurismäki movies include Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989), about a rock and roll band, and Drifting Clouds (1996) about how an unemployed couple manages in life.^[3]