Esko Nevalainen (10 May 1925 – 23 July 2008) was a Finnish film

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...

. His career started in 1945 when he began to work as an assistant for a production company called Filmitaito. Nevalainen got his first major job as a cinematographer in a

Matti Kassila Matti Kassila (12 January 1924 – 13 December 2018) was a Finnish film director who achieved fame as one of the most prominent Finnish filmmakers in the 1950s and 1960s. He is most famous for the series of four Inspector Palmu movies, based on t ...

film '' Elokuu'' (1956). For this film, he also received his first of four a

Jussi Award The Jussi Awards are Finland's premier film industry prizes, awarded annually to recognize the achievements of directors, actors, and writers. History The first Jussi Awards ceremony was held on 16 November 1944 at the Restaurant Adlon in Hel ...

for best cinematography. Nevalainen and Kassila collaborated several times over the years, in such movies as '' Punainen viiva'' (1959), ''

Kaasua, komisario Palmu! Gas, Inspector Palmu! (original Finnish title: ''Kaasua, komisario Palmu!'') is a 1961 Finnish crime movie directed by Matti Kassila. It is a sequel to Inspector Palmu's Mistake and is followed by The Stars Will Tell, Inspector Palmu. The main c ...

'' (1961) and ''Natalia'' (1979).

Selected filmography

* ''Villi Pohjola'' (1955) * ''Jokin ihmisessä'' (1956) * ''Lasisydän'' (1959) * ''Naiset, jotka minulle annoit'' (1962) * ''Sissit'' (1963) * ''Käpy selän alla'' (1966) * ''Kuuma kissa?'' (1968) * ''Asfalttilampaat'' (1968) * '' Päämaja'' (1970) * ''Kuningas, jolla ei ollut sydäntä'' (1982) * ''Kun Hunttalan Matti Suomen osti'' (1984)

References

1925 births 2008 deaths People from Kittilä Finnish cinematographers {{cinematographer-stub