Ilkka Untamo Järvi-Laturi (28 November 1961 – 5 March 2023) was Finnish-born US-based film director whose best known film was Spy Games (1999) starring Bill Pullman and Irene Jacob.
The film was shot in Helsinki, New York and Toronto. Järvi-Laturi had a cameo role in the film.
Ilkka Järvi-Laturi | |
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Born | Valkeakoski, Finland | 28 November 1961
Died | 5 March 2023 Padasjoki, Finland | (aged 61)
Nationality | Finnish |
Occupation | Film director |
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.
Järvi-Laturi lived in New York City and Beijing. He died in Padasjoki on 5 March 2023, at the age of 61.
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