FrameThrower · Actors · Esko Nikkari
Esko Nikkari
3 films · 323 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1983–2002
Born 23 November 1938 · Lapua, Finland · died 17 December 2006
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Esko Nikkari was a prolific Finnish actor who made more than 70 appearances on film and television. He debuted in 1974 in the movie Karvat.
Nikkari was a workhorse of the Kaurismäki brothers, with whom he first worked on Rikos ja rangaistus in 1983. His last role with Aki Kaurismäki was in Man without a Past in 2002. He starred in the 1994 film Aapo opposite actors such as Taisto Reimaluoto, Ulla Koivuranta and Kai Lehtinen. More recently, he has appeared in a number of Timo Koivusalo films such as Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa (2005), which is the last full-length movie he appeared in.
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Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 323 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1983–2002
- Jussi Award for Best Supporting Actor1991
How their films are shot
Measured across 323 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Esko 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, 41% of their frames are night, 54% natural — the look of the work Esko takes.
Time of day
Lighting
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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
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