FrameThrower · Actors · Elina Salo
Elina Salo
3 films · 432 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1990–2011
Born 9 March 1936 · Sipoo, Finland · died 4 November 2025
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Elina Salo was a Finnish film, theatre and television actress who has also done work in radio as a voice actor in children’s programming. In her career that began in 1956, Salo appeared in over 50 films and television shows but she is best known for her work in Aki Kaurismäki’s films. She has been awarded three Jussi Awards for her work. In 2010, she was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Commandeur).
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Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 432 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1990–2011
- Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland1987
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres2009
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
How their films are shot
Measured across 432 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Elina takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 46% of their frames are day, 57% natural — the look of the work Elina takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 432 frames from Elina Salo's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.