Director
Juho Kuosmanen
47 years · Kokkola, Finland · 16 films
Juho Kuosmanen (born 1979) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. His first feature film The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the top prize. In 2021, his second feature film Compartment No. 6 shared the Cannes Grand Prix (the festival's second prize) together with Asghar Farhadi's A Hero. Kuosmanen graduated from Aalto University in 2014. His graduation film The Painting Sellers was nominated for five Jussi Awards (Finnish premier film industry award). The Painting Sellers won the first prize in Cinéfondation in Cannes Film Festival in 2010. Kuosmanen worked as an actor in Leea Klemola's arctic trilogy in Tampere Theatre in Kokkola and New Karleby Kuosmanen has also directed opera with conductors Sakari Oramo and Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
Best known for
Fallen Leaves
2023 · Karaoke Pub Patron (uncredited)
On MUBI
Compartment No. 6
2021 · Screenplay, Director
The Other Side of Hope
2017 · Bus Passenger (uncredited)
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
2016 · Director, Writer
8 Days to Premiere
2008 · Teatterin näyttelijä
The Painting Sellers
2010 · Director
Filmography 16
Silent Trilogy
2024 · Director, Screenplay
Fallen Leaves
2023 · Karaoke Pub Patron (uncredited)
On MUBI
A Planet Far Away
2023 · Director
Cinéma Laika
2023 · Self
Compartment No. 6
2021 · Screenplay, Director
The Dinosaur
2021 · Self
Moonshiners
2017 · Writer, Director
The Other Side of Hope
2017 · Bus Passenger (uncredited)
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
2016 · Director, Writer
Pony Freak
2014 · Director, Writer
Conversations Between Men
2013 · Avustaja
Scrap-Mattila and the Beautiful Woman
2012 · Editor, Director
The Painting Sellers
2010 · Director
Citizens
2008 · Director
8 Days to Premiere
2008 · Teatterin näyttelijä
Roadmarkers
2007 · Director