Juho Kuosmanen

Biography

Juho Kuosmanen (born 1979) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. His first feature film The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the top prize. In 2021, his second feature film Compartment No. 6 shared the Cannes Grand Prix (the festival's second prize) together with Asghar Farhadi's A Hero.

Kuosmanen graduated from Aalto University in 2014. His graduation film The Painting Sellers was nominated for five Jussi Awards (Finnish premier film industry award). The Painting Sellers won the first prize in Cinéfondation in Cannes Film Festival in 2010. Kuosmanen worked as an actor in Leea Klemola's arctic trilogy in Tampere Theatre in Kokkola and New Karleby Kuosmanen has also directed opera with conductors Sakari Oramo and Santtu-Matias Rouvali.

Known For

Nurses

Gynekologi

Fallen Leaves

Karaoke Pub Patron (uncredited)

The Other Side of Hope

Bus Passenger (uncredited)

The Dinosaur

Self

8 Days to Premiere

Teatterin näyttelijä

Cinéma Laika

Self

Conversations Between Men

Avustaja

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2023	Fallen Leaves	Karaoke Pub Patron (uncredited)
2023	Cinéma Laika	Self
2021	The Dinosaur	Self
2017	The Other Side of Hope	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
2013	The Princess of Egypt	Lehdenjakaja
2013	Conversations Between Men	Avustaja
2008	8 Days to Premiere	Teatterin näyttelijä

Year	TV Show	Role
2014	Nurses	Gynekologi