← Back

No Image

Carl Mesterton

Born: 1929-11-21 • Helsinki, Finland

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.

Filmography
The Land of Happiness poster
The Land of Happiness
1993 • Saarnamies
V. Y. Vihdoinkin yhdessä poster
V. Y. Vihdoinkin yhdessä
1986 • Portsari
Linna poster
Linna
1986 • Sihteeri Erlangen
Palava enkeli poster
Palava enkeli
1984 • Ylilääkäri
Teerenpeliä poster
Teerenpeliä
1963 • Nurmi (uncredited)
Onnelliset poster
Onnelliset
1954 • Officer (uncredited)