Directing
Eino Ruutsalo
FI, XX, FR cinema · 19 credits
Born
19 September 1921
Died
2 April 2001 (aged 79)
Birthplace
Kymi, Finland
Also known as Eino Ruuth
Eino Ruutsalo (1921-2001) made mostly documentaries and animated films, in the latter genre he was influenced by Norman McLaren and Stan Brakhage with the idea of painting and scratching directly on the emulsion and then adding a jazz accompaniment to his kinetic images. Ruutsalo had been a fighter pilot during the Second World War and had studied the very au courant Abstract Expressionism after the war in both his own country of Finland and in the United States of America.
Known for
Filmography
Kotka
The Eagle
Director, Writer
Kinescope
1991
Kinescope
Director, Writer
Havis Amanda - Helsingin kaunotar
1982
Havis Amanda: The Beauty of Helsinki
Writer, Director
Alvar Aalto
1972
Alvar Aalto: A Finnish Architect
Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Director
Food
Director
Plus Minus
1967
Plus Minus
Director, Cinematography, Producer
Ihmisen merkit
1966
Human Signs
Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
Hyppy
1965
The Jump
Director
Laituri
Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
Romutaiteilija
1965
The Junk Artist
Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Les Siffleurs
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Sinisilmäinen Helsinki
1963
Blue-Eyed Helsinki
Director, Producer
Kinetic Pictures
Writer, Director
Tuulinen päivä
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
Hetkiä yössä
Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Writer
Don Quijote
1961
Don Quijote
Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
Puhuvat kädet
1959
Talking Hands
Writer, Director