Aki Kaurismäki

Aki Kaurismäki
Kaurismäki in February 2017
Born (1957-04-04) 4 April 1957
Orimattila, Finland
OccupationFilmmaker
SpousePaula Oinonen
RelativesMika Kaurismäki (brother)

Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈɑki ˈo̞lɑʋi ˈkɑu̯rismæki] ; born 4 April 1957) is a Finnish filmmaker. He is best known for films such as Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989), Drifting Clouds (1996), The Man Without a Past (2002), Le Havre (2011), The Other Side of Hope (2017), and Fallen Leaves (2023).