Jaakko Pakkasvirta

{{Short description|Finnish film director and screenwriter (1934–2018)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}

{{Infobox person

| image = Jaakko-Pakkasvirta-1969.jpg

| caption = Jaakko Pakkasvirta in 1969

| name = Jaakko Pakkasvirta

| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|11|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Simpele, Finland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|3|23|1934|11|28|df=y}}

| death_place = Vantaa, Finland

| occupation = Film director
Screenwriter

| yearsactive = 1958–2000

}}

Jaakko Juhani Pakkasvirta (28 November 1934 – 23 March 2018) was a Finnish film director and screenwriter.[https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihdeuutiset/a/201803232200833851 Jussi-gaala -päivän suru-uutinen - ohjaaja-näyttelijä Jaakko Pakkasvirta menehtyi tänään: ”Nerokas taiteilija” ] {{in lang|fi}} He directed more than 30 films between 1958 and 2000. His 1975 film Home for Christmas was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1975 |title=9th Moscow International Film Festival (1975) |access-date=2013-01-05 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194905/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1975 |archive-date=16 January 2013 |df= }} His 1978 film Poet and Muse was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1979 |title=11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979) |access-date=2013-01-20 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403102012/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1979 |archive-date= 3 April 2014}}