ERE KOKKONEN
DIRECTING
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.
- Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life 2004
- Jussi Pussi 1970
- Rautakauppias Uuno Turhapuro, presidentin vävy 1978
- Speedy Gonzales – noin 7 veljeksen poika 1970
- Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet 1991
- Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva 1990
- Vääpeli Körmy ja kahtesti laukeava 1997
- Viu-hah hah-taja 1974
- Vääpeli Körmy ja etelän hetelmät 1992
- Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha 2000