After studying Media Studies at the University of Tampere Helsinki . He gained worldwide notice with his
movie Leningrad Cowboys Go America.
Kaurismäki, with beret, in the shooting of Le Havre
His movies have a unique downplayed humorous side that
can also be seen in the films of Jim Jarmusch.
In terms of awards, Kaurismäki's most successful movie
has been The Man Without a Past. It won the Grand Prix and the Prize of the
Ecumenical Jury at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an
Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category in 2003. However,
Kaurismäki refused to attend the gala, noting that he didn't particularly feel
like partying in a nation that is currently in a state of war. Kaurismäki's
next film Lights in the Dusk was also chosen to be Finland 's nominee in the category
for best foreign film. Kaurismäki again decided to boycott the Awards and
refused the nomination as a protest against U.S. President George W. Bush's
foreign policy.
In 2003, in one of his most famous protests, Kaurismäki
boycotted the 40th New York Film Festival as a show of solidarity with Iranian
director Abbas Kiarostami who was not given a US visa in time for the festival.
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