Biography
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.
Filmography
all 20
Movies 16
Director 10
TV Shows 4
self 2
Producer 1
Screenplay 1
Alice & Jack (2024)
Fallen Leaves (2023)
Kaukainen planeetta (2023)
Zone B (2022)
Compartment No. 6 (2021)
Kakarat (2020)
Moonshiners (2017)
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Pony Freak (2014)
Nurses (2014)
The Princess of Egypt (2013)
The Painting Sellers (2010)
Citizens (2008)
8 Days to Premiere (2008)
Roadmarkers (2007)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1979-09-30 (45 years old)
Birth PlaceKokkola, Finland
CitizenshipsFinland
ResidencesHelsinki, Finland
Also Known AsЮхо Куосманен, 유호 쿠오스마넨
AwardsFinnish State Prize for Cinema, Un certain regard Award, Officer of Arts and Letters, Jussi Award for Best Direction, European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year
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