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- Birth nameRisto Eliel William Nylund
- Risto Orko was born on September 15, 1899 in Rauma, Finland. He was a producer and production manager, known for Aktivistit (1939), Ne 45000 (1933) and VMV 6 (1936). He was married to Liisa Orko. He died on September 29, 2001 in Helsinki, Finland.
- SpouseLiisa Orko(1930 - ?)
- He produced over 1,900 short movies and over 2,600 commercials and almost 100 feature films.
- He was an honorary member of the Satakuntaine Association .
- His death in Helsinki, aged 102, was received with great sadness in his native Finland; thereafter he became known as the "last Finnish Film Tycoon".
- He received the Jussi (Finland's premier film industry prize) for his life's work, as well as honorary titles Kauppaneuvos and Professor.
- In the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, Suomi-Filmi produced hundreds of films and numerous shorts.
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