Dead Film producer Pauli Pentti is dead, your assistant director is several classics of the Kaurismäki brothers

Film producer Pauli Pentti died Saturday, Feb. 26. He died Saturday morning at Haartman Hospital in Helsinki, exhausted by a long-term illness.

Pentti was born on April 2, 1958 in Parkano and was 63 years old at the time of his death.

Pent’s son confirms this to Helsingin Sanomat.

Pentti did a career of more than four decades in the film and television industry as a director, assistant director and producer. He also worked as a screenwriter, illuminator and actor, among other things.

Pentti worked for a long time as an assistant instructor for the Kaurismäki brothers. Aki Kaurismäki for production, he co-directed films such as films Shadows in paradise (1986), Hamlet in the business world (1987), Ariel (1988), Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989), Match factory girl (1990), I Hired a Contract Killer (1991), Bohemian life (1992) and Total Balalaika Show (1993).

Pentti was awarded the Jussi Prize for Best Screenplay together with Aki Kaurismäki for the film Crime and Punishment (1983). Pentti was also an assistant director.

Mika Kaurismäki as an assistant director, he served, among other things In a paper star (1989) and In the liar (1981).

Pentti directed two feature films. First-born Darkness is waiting (1985) played with the design language of the film noir detective. It woke up Helsingin Sanomat critique Helena Ylänen to write, in addition to the original critique, a second review in which he reflected on the sleep levels created by the film.

Shakespeare-adaptation In Macbeth (1987) critics saw laconic elegance.

Late During his career, Pentti produced several fiction and documentary films, such as Aku Louhimiehen movie Vuosaari (2012) and Pekka Lehto The murder mystery of Ulvila (2014).

He was working on a TV series before his death The man who died in production. Antti Tuomainen the book-based thriller series will be released this year.