Aki Kaurismaki was born in Orimattila, Finland, on 4th April, 1957. After studying film he wrote, produced and directed Saimaailmio (1981) in Finland. Kaurismaki has made his reputation by adaptations of literary classics such as Crime and Punishment (1983), Macbeth (1987) and Hamlet Goes Business (1987) and the experimental comedies, Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) and Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1993).