Tapio Piirainen (Directing)

Linnan juhlat

In 2017 Finland celebrates 100 years of independence. The famous philosopher Bruno is curing his writers' block in Lapland, when he gets an invitation to the President's Grand Ball in Helsinki. The railway systems are frozen and he misses the only plane, but the Laplander Jallu agrees to drive him 1200 km (745 miles) south.

Release Date:2017-12-03

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

Peter von Bagh

Piirainen's documentary on the last years of Peter von Bagh.

Release Date:2016-06-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Vasen ja oikea

Both diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, politicians Esko Seppänen and Iiro Viinanen forge a deep friendship despite their ideological differences.

Release Date:2015-01-11

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:1

Red Ribbon

Romantic comedy about a guy who wants to get laid before he is retired.

Release Date:2012-01-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3

Lumihiutalemuodostelma

What happens when functions of a business are intensified until there is nothing but intensifying?

Release Date:2012-01-08

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Mobile Horror

Mobile Horror based on Juha Jokela's play of same name, telling the story of small firm struggle in 2000 it-boom

Release Date:2010-04-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3

Suuri Performanssi

Release Date:2008-12-08

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Glenn

Glenn Nygård, a 40 year old tomato-planter has for the past five years been falling in love with the local bar-keeper Laila. His harsh father has raised Glenn locked-up in the basement of his house. There Glenn has learned to master the guitar but not how to handle women. When Glenn´s father dies abruptly, he finds a stack of letters which where assigned by his mother. The mother might still live somewhere in Sweden. Glenn locks the house down and leaves...

Release Date:2008-08-29

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Legend of the Lake Bodom

The Legend of Bodom is a figment of the imagination, but it takes place in a land that once existed - between East and West, on the front lines of the Cold War. It is Pentecost morning in 1960. Three young people are found murdered on the shores of Lake Bodom.

Release Date:2006-12-18

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:7

Nyrölä 3

Summer night, fraying country idyll, motorcycle gang and a murder.

Release Date:2004-11-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

Raid

Raid is a mysterious drifter and ex-criminal who comes and goes as he pleases. He has been away from the country for an extended period of time but learns on his return that his ex-girlfriend Tarja has presumably died in a fire that he soon discovers was a larceny. He is also contacted by inspector Jansson, who he knows from the past regarding the murder of a protestor. Raid begins his investigation and soon finds that there's more to the cases than meets the eye.

Release Date:2003-01-31

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:27

Raid

Raid is based on detective stories by author Harri Nykänen and made into a 12-part series. The story tells about a police officer who has been investigating white-collar crimes is shot dead in a TV-studio. Another policeman takes his own life at his summer home. A young woman, an executive with a powerful electronics concern, also commits suicide. Her embittered father suspects foul play and he invites Raid, the woman's former boyfriend to "make inquiries". Meanwhile, the police are looking for the first killer - and the trail leads inexorably to Raid. Very soon, however, they realise that the guilty party is somewhere else, and the interests of the police and the avenging angel Raid converge. The unholy alliance shows that even those with morals may, to some extent, use immoral means to achieve an end. The Raid series was voted the best TV-programme in Finland year 2000. Tapio Piirainen received an award for best script and best direction.

Release Date:2000-01-10

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:12

Vote Count:11

Poliisin poika

The petty criminal Trampas is released from prison and immediately starts planning new jobs with his girlfriend's simpleminded brother Lepsu. They are joined by Trampas's pregnant girlfriend and Jusse, a refugee from Rwanda, as a driver.

Release Date:1998-11-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:12

I Hired Two Contract Cleaners

Release Date:1997-11-24

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:10

Kotikatu

Release Date:1995-08-24

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:53

Vote Count:2

Milkshake

Release Date:1994-01-10

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Viimeiset siemenperunat

Release Date:1993-12-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Viimeiset siemenperunat

Release Date:1993-12-14

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:1

Kissa ja Varjo

Release Date:1993-05-03

Department:Directing

Job:Director

A Finnish Rhapsody

Short film by Tapio Piirainen that is his diploma work when graduating from TaiK / Department of Film, Television and Scenography.

Release Date:1990-06-28

Department:Writing

Job:Writer