Armand Lohikoski (born January 3, 1912 in Astoria, Oregon, United States, died March 20, 2005 in Helsinki) was a Finnish movie director and writer. He is best known as a director of a number of Pekka ja Pätkä movies. January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... Astoria can mean: The city of Astoria, Oregon The city of Astoria, Illinois The city of Astoria, South Dakota The London Astoria, a music venue Astoria, New York, formerly an independent town, now part of Queens The Waldorf=Astoria Hotel in New York A major junction and a metro station... State nickname: Beaver State Other U.S. States Capital Salem Largest city Portland Governor Ted Kulongoski Official languages None Area 255,026 km² (9th)  - Land 248,849 km²  - Water 6,177 km² (2. ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Helsinki (pronounced with the stress on the first syllable in Finnish: ), or Helsingfors in Swedish  listen?, is the capital of Finland. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... Generally a director is a person or one of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a government agency, company, corporation, group or project. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...

Career

Before his career as a film director Armand Lohikoski had a long career mostly in media industry. He was Among other things he worked as a journalist and as a division director in Finnish Broadcasting Company, where he produced the first radio quiz in Finland, and as a head of Helsinki office of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Films. He was also the first to publish free newspapers in Finland. Yleisradio (YLE), or the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is a national publicly-funded radio and television broadcaster based in Finland, it was founded in 1926. ... Wiktionary has a definition of: Quiz A quiz is a form of game or puzzle in which the players (as individuals or in teams), attempt to answer questions correctly. ... Helsinki (pronounced with the stress on the first syllable in Finnish: ), or Helsingfors in Swedish  listen?, is the capital of Finland. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... Free dailies today Entrepreneurs Metros success did not go unnoticed. ...

Armand Lohikoski directed 18 long movies for major Finnish movie production company Suomen Filmiteollisuus. In addition he directed many short films and commercials.

Lohikoski wrote an interesting travel book Dollari on lujassa in 1946 of famous Helsinki based student choir, YL Male Voice Choir, visit to United States after the World War II. He wrote his own biography Mies Puupää-filmien takaa in 1993 and a aphorisms book Sattuvasti Sanottua in 2002. He died after short illnes in Helsinki March 20, 2005 at the age of 93. 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... An aphorism is a wise saying that bears repetition. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Helsinki (pronounced with the stress on the first syllable in Finnish: ), or Helsingfors in Swedish  listen?, is the capital of Finland. ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

Director - Filmography

• Me tulemme taas, 1953
• Pekka ja Pätkä kesälaitumilla, 1953
• Hei, rillumarei!, 1954
• Minä soitan sinulle illalla, 1954
• Pekka ja Pätkä lumimiehen jäljillä, 1954
• Pekka ja Pätkä puistotäteinä, 1955
• Kiinni on ja pysyy, 1955
• Pekka ja Pätkä pahassa pulassa, 1955
• Risti ja liekki, 1957
• Pekka ja Pätkä ketjukolarissa, 1957
• Pekka ja Pätkä salapoliiseina, 1957
• Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä, 1957
• Kahden ladun poikki, 1958
• Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla, 1958
• Pekka ja Pätkä miljonääreinä, 1958
• Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina, 1959
• Kohtalo tekee siirron, 1959
• Taape tähtenä, 1962

Writer - Filmography

• Pekka ja Pätkä lumimiehen jäljillä, 1954
• Pekka ja Pätkä ketjukolarissa, 1957
• Pekka ja Pätkä salapoliiseina, 1957
• Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä, 1957
• Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla, 1958
• Pekka ja Pätkä miljonääreinä, 1958
• Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina, 1959
• Kohtalo tekee siirron, 1959
• Taape tähtenä, 1962

Actor - Filmography

• Ryhmy ja Romppainen, 1941, Ovimies
• Synnin puumerkkki, 1942, Tehtailija
• Tyttö astuu elämään, 1943, Everstin apulainen
• Varjoja Kannaksella, 1943, Tullivirkailija
• Tähtireportterit tulevat, 1945, Rosvo
• Pekka ja Pätkä pahassa pulassa, 1955, Radioääni
• Pekka ja Pätkä ketjukolarissa, 1957, Professori Karhu
• Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla, 1958, Suezin ilmanjohto

External links

• Armand Lohikoski (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0517833/) at the Internet Movie Database