Matti Kassila was born on January 12, 1924 in Keuruu, Finland as Matti Uolevi Kassila. He was a director and writer, known for Gas, Inspector Palmu! (1961), The Stars Will Tell, Inspector Palmu (1962) and The Harvest Month (1956).

Filmography

• 1994Kaikki pelissä — Director, Writer
• 1988Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus — Director, Screenplay
• 1987Farewell, Mr. President — Director, Screenplay
• 1984Niskavuori — Director, Screenplay
• 1983Mika Waltari elokuvakirjailijana — Self, Director, Writer
• 1979Natalia — Director, Producer, Screenplay
• 1973Meiltähän tämä käy — Director, Writer
• 1973Pohjantähti — Screenplay, Production Manager
• 1972Haluan rakastaa Peter — Screenplay, Director
• 1972When the Heavens Fall… — kansanedustaja Arvo Lamminpää
• 1971Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin — Screenplay, Director
• 1970Päämaja — Screenplay, Director
• 1969Vodkaa, komisario Palmu — (voice) (uncredited), Writer, Director
• 1968Here, Beneath the North Star — Narrator (voice), Screenplay, Production Manager
• 1968Äl' yli päästä perhanaa — Director, Writer
• 1965The Parisian Tie — Director, Writer, Producer
• 1963Commando Assault — Screenplay, Executive Producer
• 1962Kolmen kaupungin kasvot — Editor, Director
• 1962Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu — Man on Board (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
• 1961Gas, Inspector Palmu! — Director, Screenplay
• 1961The Scarlet Dove — Director, Story
• 1960Inspector Palmu's Error — Director, Screenplay
• 1959Helsinki - Pohjolan valkea kaupunki — Writer
• 1959Lasisydän — Veneen ostaja (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer, Still Photographer
• 1959Punainen viiva — Director, Screenplay
• 1957Kuriton sukupolvi — Director
• 1957Syntipukki — Screenplay, Director
• 1956The Harvest Month — Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
• 1955Isän vanha ja uusi — (uncredited), Screenplay, Director
• 1955Pastori Jussilainen — Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Screenplay, Director
• 1954Hilmanpäivät — Screenplay, Director
• 1954Scarlet Week — Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Screenplay, Director
• 1953Tyttö kuunsillalta — Screenplay, Director
• 1953Varsovan laulu — Writer, Director
• 1952Radio tulee hulluksi — Director, Writer
• 1952Yö on pitkä — Writer
• 1951Lakeuksien lukko — Screenplay, Director
• 1951Radio tekee murron — (uncredited), Director, Writer
• 1950Maija löytää sävelen — Screenplay, Director
• 1949Aaltoska orkaniseeraa — Assistant Director
• 1949Isäntä soittaa hanuria — Director
• 1949Lipeälapset — Director
• 1949Professori Masa — Director
• 1949Ruma Elsa — Waiting Gentleman (uncredited)
• 1948Palkkapäivä — Director
• 1948Ruusu ja kulkuri — Student (uncredited)
• 1947Kalastusmessut ja venenäyttely — Self - Narrator (voice), Director
• 1947Kaverukset kalassa — Director
• 1947Pikakäynnillä Helsingissä — Director
• 1946Loviisa – Niskavuoren nuori emäntä — Property Master, Location Manager, Script Supervisor

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2015Temples of Dreams — Self
• 1947Onni yksillä — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Puotila — Self (archive footage)