As Director, As Writer
Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life
2004
4.2
Ere Kokkonen
Directing
Birth Date
July 7, 1938
Place of Birth
Savonlinna, Finland
Date of Death
October 16, 2008
Biography
Erkki Olavi "Ere" Kokkonen (7 July 1938 – 16 October 2008), born in Savonlinna, was a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He worked closely with Spede Pasanen all the way from the 1960s until Spede's death, as a director, writer and also an actor. Kokkonen's feature film debut was Millipilleri (1966), co-directed with Spede Pasanen and Jukka Virtanen. In later decades, when Turhapuro films were made less frequently, Kokkonen scripted and directed the Vääpeli Körmy series of films His career as a director also includes filming of Arto Paasilinna's books, including The Ten Graters and A Charming Mass Suicide. Kokkonen worked for both YLE and MTV3, where he served as entertainment director from 1974 to 1984. Kokkonen was the founder of the Comedy Theater Arena in 1995. He was the theatre's artistic director, director and screenwriter for most of the theater's performances. His wife Anna-Maija Kokkonen is the CEO of Arena. With his ex-wife Titta Jokinen, Kokkonen has daughter Kiti Kokkonen who is an actress. In 1991 Ere Kokkonen founded a film production company, Ere Kokkonen Oy, which is still working. In 2007 he wrote his memoirs, titled Memories return in Fragments. Kokkonen died at the age of 70 in 2008 after a prolonged illness.
Complete Filmography
As Director, As Writer
Kymmenen riivinrautaa
2002
4.3
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Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha
2000
4.2
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Johtaja Uuno Turhapuro pisnismies
1998
3.4
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Vääpeli Körmy ja kahtesti laukeava
1997
4.6
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Elämä lyhyt, Rytkönen pitkä
1996
4.6
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Vääpeli Körmy – taisteluni
1994
4.7
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Vääpeli Körmy ja etelän hetelmät
1992
4.4
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Uuno Turhapuro Suomen Tasavallan Herra Presidentti
1992
4.6
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Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet
1991
4.3
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Uuno Turhapuro herra Helsingin herra
1991
4.5
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Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva
1990
5.0
As Director
Pikkupojat
1986
6.2
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Liian iso keikka
1986
5.0
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Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle
1986
5.6
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Uuno Epsanjassa
1985
5.7
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Uuno Turhapuro armeijan leivissä
1984
6.0
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Uuno Turhapuron muisti palailee pätkittäin
1983
4.5
As Director
Uuno Turhapuro menettää muistinsa
1982
4.5
As Director
Uuno Turhapuron aviokriisi
1981
4.6