Director
Ilkka Järvi-Laturi
Born 1961 · Valkeakoski, Finland
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.
Directed
The Winter War
Second Assistant Director · 1989
Kaasari
Director · 1989
Nuoruuteni savotat
Assistant Director · 1988
City Unplugged
Director · 1993
Tropic of Ice – Jään kääntöpiiri
Assistant Director · 1987
Spy Games
Director · 1999
Homebound
Director · 1989
Linna
Script Supervisor · 1986
Huomenna
Script Supervisor · 1986