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Carl Mesterton

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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 1All crew credits: 8

TMDB ID: 3016656

IMDb ID: nm0582300

Known for: Directing

Born: November 21, 1929

Died: July 22, 2021

Age: 91

Place of birth: Helsinki, Finland

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1954 - 1999

Years active: 46

Average TMDB rating: 6.87

Wikidata: Q5408584

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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.

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