Pekka Lehto

{{short description|Finnish film director}}

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

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| name = Pekka Lehto

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|3|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Valkeakoski, Finland

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| occupation = Film director

| yearsactive = 1976-present

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Pekka Lehto (born 14 March 1948) is a Finnish film director.{{cite book|author=Pietari Kääpä|title=Directory of World Cinema: Finland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iXJ0hNaTwJcC&pg=PA27|year=2012|publisher=Intellect Books|isbn=978-1-84150-617-3|pages=27–}} He has directed fifteen films since 1976. He co-directed Flame Top with Pirjo Honkasalo and the film was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1728/year/1981.html|title=Festival de Cannes: Flame Top|accessdate=3 June 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}} He also won the Jussi Award for Best Director for the film.{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmweb.pl/awards/Jussi/1981 |title= Jussi 1981 |accessdate=7 March 2017 |work=filmweb}}

His 1992 film Kaivo was entered into the competition at the 49th Venice International Film Festival.Eurimages News. Editions 1-11. Council of Europe, 1992.{{cite news|title=Venezia, Libertà Per Gli Autori |url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1992/07/31/venezia-liberta-per-gli-autori.html?ref=search |accessdate=29 April 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=31 July 1992}}