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Veikko Aaltonen

Finnish film director, actor and film editor (born 1955)

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Veikko Aaltonen (born 1 December 1955) is a Finnish director, editor, sound editor, production manager and film and television writer and actor.

Aaltonen was born in Sääksmäki. He began his career in the mid-1970s working as a sound editor on various films. Early in his career, he worked with Rauni Mollberg as co-writer on two of his films, Milka – A Film About Taboos (1980) and The Unknown Soldier (1985).

In 1987, Aaltonen directed his first feature film, The Final Arrangement (Tilinteko), which he co-wrote with Aki Kaurismäki, who also produced the film. Five years later, he directed a film that has been considered his primary breakthrough, The Prodigal Son (Tuhlaajapoika, 1992). Aaltonen was the first Finnish director to work on topics like pedophilia, Sadomasochism and sexual subjugation without credibility and morality.

Aaltonen has also made documentaries and directed TV series.

The Worthless (Arvottomat, 1982) – actor

Crime and Punishment (Rikos ja rangaistus, 1983) – editor

The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas, 1985) – co-writer

La Vie de Bohème (Boheemielämää, 1992) – editor

Our Father... (Isä meidän, 1993) – director, writer, editor

Seasick (Merisairas, 1996) – director, co-editor

Kiss Me in the Rain (Rakkaudella, Maire, 1999) – director, editor

The Earth (Maa, documentary film, 2001) – director, editor, writer

Working Class (Työväenluokka, 2004) – director, writer, editor

Trench Road (Juoksuhaudantie, 2004) – director, writer

The Shepherds (Paimenet, documentary film, 2005) – director, writer

Uudisraivaaja (television drama series, 2006) – director

Sydänjää (television drama series, 2007) – director

Harvoin tarjolla (television drama series, 2008) – director

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