Nationality Finnish Occupation Film director | Name Armand Lohikoski Role Movie director | |
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Born January 3, 1912 ( 1912-01-03 ) Astoria, Oregon, United States Died March 20, 2005, Helsinki, Finland Spouse Tuija Halonen (m. 1964), Annele Pilvio (m. 1951–1964), Maj-Lis Parmanen (m. 1942–1948) Movies Pekka ja Patka lumimieh, Kiinni on ja pysyy, Pekka ja Patka Suezilla, Pekka ja Patka pahassa, Pekka Puupaa kesalaitumilla Similar People Masa Niemi, Siiri Angerkoski, Esa Pakarinen, Toivo Sarkka, Reino Helismaa | ||
Trailer: Pekka ja Pätkä puistotäteinä (1955)
Armand Lohikoski (January 3, 1912 in Astoria, Oregon, United States – March 20, 2005 in Helsinki) was an American born - Finnish movie director and writer. He is best known as a director of a number of Pekka ja Pätkä movies.
Contents
- Trailer Pekka ja Ptk puistottein 1955
- Career
- Director Filmography
- Writer Filmography
- Actor Filmography
- References
Career
Before his career as a film director Armand Lohikoski had a long career mostly in media industry. He was Among other things he worked as a journalist and as a division director in Finnish Broadcasting Company, where he produced the first radio quiz in Finland, and as a head of Helsinki office of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Films. He was also the first to publish free newspapers in Finland.
Armand Lohikoski directed 18 long movies for major Finnish movie production company Suomen Filmiteollisuus. In addition he directed many short films and commercials.
Lohikoski wrote an interesting travel book Dollari on lujassa in 1946 of famous Helsinki based student choir, YL Male Voice Choir, visit to United States after the World War II. He wrote his own biography Mies Puupää-filmien takaa in 1993 and an aphorisms book Sattuvasti Sanottua in 2002. He died after a short illness in Helsinki.