Heikki Katajisto

Birth : 1941-08-11, Tampere, Finland

Movies

The Inspector
Director of Photography
Surrealistic black comedy about a safe insurance inspector looking into one company's fate.
Palkkasoturi
Cinematography
The Grey Light of November
Cinematography
Kari Syysmäki, a Finnish Businessman is on a vacation with his wife in Tallinn. When his wife is away a young man enters their hotel room with a gun. He tells to the businessman that he has just tried to rob a bank, but accidentally shot one of the clerks. Now he's hiding from the cops. But when the bank robber forgets his gun on the table, Syysmäki grabs it and shoots him in the back. After that Syysmäki refuses to travel back to Finland with his wife. He stays in Tallinn and soon he's about to face both the cops and the mob of Estonia.
The Champion
Director of Photography
Mother Wanted
Director of Photography
Anni wants a new mommy for herself and a new wife for her dad. But dad has forgotten how to find a wife and needs Anni's help.
Näkemiin, hyvästi
Cinematography
When a new man appears in Tuula's life, Jorma does not tolerate the idea and begins to yearn back for his ex-wife. They drift into a situation where both face a big choice that has far-reaching implications for the rest of their lives.
The King Goes Forth to France
Director of Photography
A new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking over the earth. The young king decides to use his last trump card before his power collapses and anarchy reigns over the island kingdom.
The King Goes Forth to France
Writer
A new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking over the earth. The young king decides to use his last trump card before his power collapses and anarchy reigns over the island kingdom.
Ylösnousemus
Director of Photography
A man fakes his own suicide in order to see how his close ones react
Rare, Medium, Well Done
Director of Photography
Anssi Mänttäri’s low-budget movies with their intimate content have become classics. In this black comedy that takes place in Helsinki in summer the main character (played by Mänttäri himself) jumps from one bar and bed to the next. Especially vulgar black humour.
Rakkauselokuva
Director of Photography
The Contemporary
Cinematography
A Finnish adaptation of Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Crime and Punishment
Gaffer
An adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, updated to present-day Helsinki. Slaughterhouse worker Rahikainen murders a man, and is forced to live with the consequences of his actions...
Regina ja miehet
Director of Photography
Toto
Director of Photography
A group of three male friends with domestic problems behave badly.
Sun Wind
Director of Photography
Gravity researcher Erik Rankamaa dies in his prime in 1970. He is been deep frozen and gets defrosted in 1999, while people of his time are still alive.
Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti
Director of Photography
Based on the Bertolt Brecht play, the movie follows the farmer Puntila, who when he's sober is a real pig but whenever he gets drunk becomes very generous. Puntila is trying to get his daughter to get married, but the problem is that his drunk self wants her to marry another man than his sober personality wants.
The Mommila Murders
Writer
On the eve of the Finnish Civil War, the film follows the last days of Alfred Kordelin, the richest man in Finland.
Anna
Director of Photography
A doctor, her daughter, and her young housekeeper spend their summer on a remote island.
Portraits of Women
Director of Photography
Finnish porn movie producer Pertsa returns from America to his home country to continue his profession with hopelessly small budgets and incompetent casts and crews. A self-ironic satire about director Donner's scandalous fame in late 1960s Finland, notorious for a graphic long shot of his penis pointing northeast.