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Kati Outinen

Kati Outinen

4 films · 497 frames · top-billed in 3 · 19902019

Born 17 August 1961 · Helsinki, Finland

Anna Katriina Outinen is a Finnish actress who has often played leading female roles in Aki Kaurismäki's films.

Outinen was born in Helsinki. Having studied under Jouko Turkka during his "reign" of drama studies in Finland, she nevertheless has never been associated with the "turkkalaisuus" school of acting methodology.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 497 frames · top-billed in 3 · 19902019

  • Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress2002
  • Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland2025
  • Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland2005
  • Jussi Award for Best Leading Actress2003
  • Jussi Award for Best Leading Actress1997
  • Jussi Award for Best Leading Actress1991

How their films are shot

Measured across 497 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Kati takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 4 films we hold, 45% of their frames are day, 53% natural — the look of the work Kati takes.

Time of day

Day45%
Night42%
Interior10%

Lighting

Natural53%
Low key39%
High key7%

Shot size

Medium60%
Closeup19%
Wide12%
Fullbody8%

Camera angle

Eye level91%
High angle6%

Mood

Neutral69%
Lonely15%
Tense11%

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 497 frames from Kati Outinen's 4 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.