Carl Mesterton

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1929-11-21

Deathday 2021-07-22 (91 years old)

Place of Birth Helsinki, Finland

Carl Mesterton

Biography

Carl Wilhelm Ossian Mesterton (born 21 November 1929 in Helsinki) is a Finnish television director, screenwriter and actor. The most well-known and popular of Mesterton's TV directions are "Metsolat" (1993–1995), a family chronicle of a small-scale farming family in Kainuu, and "Hovimäki" (1999–2003), a drama following the stages of the Lindhof noble family and the Seppä croft family in three different centuries. Mesterton has written the series together with his wife Anna-Lisa Mesterton, among others. Mesterton has also starred in bigger and smaller roles in films and television, such as Markku Pölönen's "Onnen maassa" (1993), Jaakko Pakkasvirta's Kafka filmatization "Linna" (1986) and in the TV series "Barr" (1984) directed by Reima Kekäläinen and dramatized from Paavo Haavikko's own novel. . Mesterton also worked as one of the assistant directors in the film "Reds" (1981), partly shot by Warren Beatty in Finland.

Known For

Director

1999
Hovimäki

as Director

1993
Metsolat

as Director

1981
Reds

as Assistant Director

1962
Daniel Hjort

as Director

1961
Galgmannen

as Director

Actor

1995
Kotikatu

as Tuomari

1993
The Land of Happiness

as Saarnamies

1986
Linna

as Sihteeri Erlangen

1984
Palava enkeli

as Ylilääkäri

1963
Teerenpeliä

as Nurmi (uncredited)

1954
Onnelliset

as Officer (uncredited)

Writer

1999
Hovimäki

as Writer

1993
Metsolat

as Writer

Creator

1999
Hovimäki

as Creator