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Timo Salminen

Career

Active from 1981 to 2024, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Drifting Clouds
Drifting Clouds
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Timo Salminen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Tension
    4.6, average 6.0
  • Scare
    1.3, average 2.6
  • Violence
    2.9, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 8
  • Deadpan Humor 7
  • Finnish Cinema 5
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Social Realism 5
  • Melancholy 4
  • Melancholic Tone 3
  • Eccentric Characters 3
  • Anthology Film 3
  • Social Critique 2
  • Psychological 2
  • Crime 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

61
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
My Times
My Times

Cinematography

2020s

6 titles ¡ average score 66
Kill the Jockey
Kill the Jockey (2024)
GoodWatch score 67

Director of Photography, Camera Operator

Eureka
Eureka (2024)
GoodWatch score 66

Director of Photography

Fallen Leaves
Fallen Leaves (2023)
GoodWatch score 81

Director of Photography

Woman at Sea
Woman at Sea (2023)

Director of Photography

Fishlove
Fishlove (2020)
GoodWatch score 60

Director of Photography

Romantic Guide to Lost Places
Romantic Guide to Lost Places (2020)
GoodWatch score 56

Director of Photography

2010s

13 titles ¡ average score 66
The Other Side of Hope
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
GoodWatch score 79

Director of Photography

Swagger
Swagger (2016)
GoodWatch score 76

Director of Photography

Armpits
Armpits (2016)

Director of Photography

Jauja
Jauja (2014)
GoodWatch score 70

Director of Photography

Pause
Pause (2014)

Director of Photography

Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla
Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla (2013)

Director of Photography

Tavern Man
Tavern Man (2012)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

Historic Centre
Historic Centre (2012)
GoodWatch score 43

Director of Photography

Le Havre
Le Havre (2011)
GoodWatch score 81

Director of Photography

Robert Mitchum Is Dead
Robert Mitchum Is Dead (2011)
GoodWatch score 56

Director of Photography

Rat Trap
Rat Trap (2011)

Director of Photography

A Distant Neighborhood
A Distant Neighborhood (2010)
GoodWatch score 56

Director of Photography

2000s

11 titles ¡ average score 66
Backwood Philosopher
Backwood Philosopher (2009)
GoodWatch score 59

Director of Photography

Red Pearls of Love
Red Pearls of Love (2008)

Director of Photography

Lights in the Dusk
Lights in the Dusk (2006)
GoodWatch score 59

Director of Photography

Pelicanman
Pelicanman (2004)
GoodWatch score 60

Director of Photography

Visions of Europe
Visions of Europe (2004)
GoodWatch score 55

Director of Photography

Bico
Bico (2004)

Director of Photography

The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past (2002)
GoodWatch score 84

Director of Photography

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
GoodWatch score 79

Director of Photography

Dogs Have No Hell
Dogs Have No Hell (2002)

Cinematography

The Classic
The Classic (2001)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

Highway Society
Highway Society (2000)

Director of Photography

1990s

14 titles ¡ average score 65
Juha
Juha (1999)
GoodWatch score 52

as Hotellipalvelija (uncredited)

Drifting Clouds
Drifting Clouds (1996)
GoodWatch score 90

Director of Photography

Iron Horsemen
Iron Horsemen (1995)

Director of Photography

Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
GoodWatch score 55

Director of Photography

Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana (1994)
GoodWatch score 72

Director of Photography

The Last Border
The Last Border (1993)
GoodWatch score 33

Director of Photography

La Vie de Bohème
La Vie de Bohème (1992)
GoodWatch score 78

Director of Photography

Shit Happens
Shit Happens (1992)

Director of Photography

The Prodigal Son
The Prodigal Son (1992)
GoodWatch score 62

Director of Photography

The Match Factory Girl
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
GoodWatch score 89

Director of Photography

I Hired a Contract Killer
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
GoodWatch score 75

Director of Photography

Amazon
Amazon (1990)
GoodWatch score 53

Director of Photography

1980s

15 titles ¡ average score 69
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
GoodWatch score 87

Director of Photography

Paper Star
Paper Star (1989)
GoodWatch score 52

Director of Photography

Cha Cha Cha
Cha Cha Cha (1989)
GoodWatch score 66

Director of Photography

Ariel
Ariel (1988)
GoodWatch score 74

Director of Photography

Hamlet Goes Business
Hamlet Goes Business (1987)
GoodWatch score 67

Director of Photography

Shadows in Paradise
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
GoodWatch score 77

Director of Photography

Rocky VI
Rocky VI (1986)
GoodWatch score 58

Director of Photography

Calamari Union
Calamari Union (1985)
GoodWatch score 72

Director of Photography

Rosso
Rosso (1985)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
The Clan: Tale of the Frogs (1984)
GoodWatch score 66

Director of Photography

Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment (1983)
GoodWatch score 72

Director of Photography

The Worthless
The Worthless (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

1970s

1 title
Viimeinen savotta
Viimeinen savotta (1977)

Assistant Camera