Esko Nevalainen

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Esko Nevalainen

Jussi Award 1964 winners. Nevalainen is second from the left.
Born (1925-05-10)10 May 1925
Kittilä, Finland
Died 23 July 2008(2008-07-23) (aged 83)
Helsinki, Finland
Occupation Cinematographer
Years active 1945–1997

Esko Nevalainen (10 May 1925 – 23 July 2008) was a Finnish film cinematographer . His career started in 1945 when he began to work as an assistant for a production company called Filmitaito.[1]

Nevalainen got his first major job as a cinematographer in a Matti Kassila film Elokuu (1956). For this film, he also received his first of four a Jussi Award for best cinematography. Nevalainen and Kassila collaborated several times over the years, in such movies as Punainen viiva (1959), Kaasua, komisario Palmu! (1961) and Natalia (1979).[2]

Selected filmography

  • Villi Pohjola (1955)
  • Jokin ihmisessä (1956)
  • Lasisydän (1959)
  • Naiset, jotka minulle annoit (1962)
  • Sissit (1963)
  • Käpy selän alla (1966)
  • Kuuma kissa? (1968)
  • Asfalttilampaat (1968)
  • Kuningas, jolla ei ollut sydäntä (1982)
  • Kun Hunttalan Matti Suomen osti (1984)

References

  1. ↑ Nelskylä, Lena. "Esko Nevalainen – Muistokirjoitus – Muistot – HS.fi". Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 28 January 2013. 
  2. ↑ "ELONET – Esko Nevalainen". KAVA. Retrieved 28 January 2013. 


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