Biography
Ilkka Untamo Järvi-Laturi (November 28, 1961 – March 5, 2023) was a Finnish-born US-based film director whose best known film is Spy Games (1999) starring Bill Pullman and Irene Jacob. The film was shot in Helsinki, New York and Toronto. Järvi-Laturi has a cameo role in the film.
Before making the film Spy Games, Järvi-Laturi directed and served as co-director of several films in Finland. He has also acted in the 1985 film The Unknown Soldier.
Järvi-Laturi won the Nordic Film Prize for the best Scandinavian Film of The Year and the highest Finnish film prize Jussi Award (best screenplay) in 1990 for Kotia Päin (Homebound). His Estonian actioner Darkness in Tallinn is the most widely distributed Estonian film so far, and won the Silver Alexander in Thessaloniki and the Fassbinder prize in Mannheim. He previously lived in New York and Beijing.
Filmography
all 9
Movies 9
Director 5
Producer 2
Kiss, His First (2011)
Spy Games (1999)
City Unplugged (1993)
Kaasari (1989)
Homebound (1989)
Nuoruuteni savotat (1988)
Tropic of Ice – Jään kääntöpiiri (1987)
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Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1961-11-28
Deathday
2023-03-05 (61 years old)
Birth Name
Ilkka Untamo Järvi-Laturi
Birth Place
Valkeakoski, Finland
Citizenships
Finland
Residences
New York City, United States
Also Known As
Ilkka Jarvilaturi, Ilkka
Awards
Anjalankoski Film Award, Jussi Award for Best Script
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