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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.

Orko also directed a Finnish-Soviet co-production, released into the American market with subtitles, entitled The Day the Earth Froze in 1959.

He had a joint cooperation with the German film industry during World War II.

Risto Orko was a Finnish film producer and director.

In the years 1933-43, Orko directed many films, including two (Aktivistit and Jääkärin morsian), which were banned for being "overly patriotic".

With a career of over 60 years at the film studio Suomi-Filmi, he rose to be head of production and chief director in the 1930s. He became its CEO in 1945.