Esko Nevalainen
# Esko Nevalainen

Esko Nevalainen (10 May 1925 – 23 July 2008) was a Finnish film cinematographer. His career started in 1945 when he began to work as an assistant for a production company called Filmitaito.

Nevalainen got his first major job as a cinematographer in a Matti Kassila film Elokuu (1956). For this film, he also received his first of four a Jussi Award for best cinematography. Nevalainen and Kassila collaborated several times over the years, in such movies as Punainen viiva (1959), Kaasua, komisario Palmu! (1961) and Natalia (1979).

## Selected filmography

* Villi Pohjola (1955)
* Jokin ihmisessä (1956)
* Lasisydän (1959)
* Naiset, jotka minulle annoit (1962)
* Sissit (1963)
* Käpy selän alla (1966)
* Kuuma kissa? (1968)
* Asfalttilampaat (1968)
* Päämaja (1970)
* Kuningas, jolla ei ollut sydäntä (1982)
* Kun Hunttalan Matti Suomen osti (1984)
