What is Aki Kaurismäki?
{{Infobox person | name = Aki Kaurismäki | image = Aki Kaurismäki.jpg | caption = Aki Kaurismäki in 2012 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|4|4|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Orimattila]], [[Finland]] | birth_name = Aki Olavi Kaurismäki | other_names = | occupation = [[Movie director]], [[Movie producer|producer]] and [[screenwriter]] | years_active = | website = | awards = '''[[Grand Prix (Cannes Festival)|Cannes Grand Prix]]'''<br>2002 ''[[The Man Without a Past]]''<br>'''[[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Ecumenical Jury Special Mention]]'''<br>1996 ''[[Drifting Clouds (film)|Drifting Clouds]]''<br>'''[[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]]'''<br>2002 ''[[The Man Without a Past]]''<br>'''[[FIPRESCI Award]]'''<br>2011 ''[[Le Havre (film)|Le Havre]]''<br>'''[[Jussi Award|Jussi for Best Film]]'''<br>2006 ''[[Lights in the Dusk]]''<br>'''[[Jussi Award|Jussi for Best Debut Film]]'''<br>1983 ''[[Crime and Punishment (1983 movie)|Crime and Punishment]]''<br>'''[[Jussi Award|Jussi for Best Script]]'''<br>1983 ''[[Crime and Punishment (1983 movie)|Crime and Punishment]]''<br>1996 ''[[Drifting Clouds (film)|Drifting Clouds]]''<br>2002 ''[[The Man Without a Past]]''<br>2011 ''[[Le Havre (film)|Le Havre]]''<br>'''[[Jussi Award|Jussi for Best Direction]]'''<br>1990 ''[[The Match Factory Girl]]''<br>1992 ''[[La Vie de Bohème (film)|La vie de bohème]]''<br>1996 ''[[Drifting Clouds (film)|Drifting Clouds]]''<br>2002 ''[[The Man Without a Past]]''<br>'''[[São Paulo International Film Festival|São Paulo Audience Award for Best Feature]]'''<br>1996 ''[[Drifting Clouds (film)|Drifting Clouds]]'' }} '''Aki Kaurismäki''' (born 4 April 1957 Orimattila, Finland) is a [[movie director]] and a [[screenwriter]] from Finland. In his movies he shows understanding of people who are not very successful in life. He writes in the style of [[black comedy]]. Kaurismäki made his first movie in 1983. It was based on ''[[Crime and Punishment]]'' by [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]].<ref>[htt