Risto Orko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Risto Orko

Finnish filmmaker

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1899

Place of Birth: Rauma, South-Western Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Date of Death: 29-Sep-2001

Profession: film director, film producer

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Risto Orko (born Risto Eliel William Nylund; 15 September 1899 – 29 September 2001) was a Finnish film producer and director. Orko was born in Rauma.
With a career of over 60 years at the film studio Suomi-Filmi, he rose to be head of production and chief director in the 1930s.
He became its CEO in 1945.
In the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, Suomi-Filmi produced hundreds of films and numerous shorts.
In the years 1933-43, Orko directed many films, including two (Aktivistit and Jääkärin Morsian), which were banned for being "overly patriotic".
He had a joint cooperation with the German film industry during World War II.
Orko also directed a Finnish-Soviet co-production, released into the American market with subtitles, entitled The Day the Earth Froze in 1959.