Directing
Maunu Kurkvaara
FI, NO cinema · 27 credits
Born
18 July 1926
Died
31 December 2023 (aged 97)
Birthplace
Viipuri, Finland [now Vyborg, Russia]
Also known as Mauno Kurkvaara · Mauno Sakari Heikkonen · Sakari Vaara · Soili Kotala
Maunu Kurkvaara (18 July 1926 – 31 December 2023) was a Finnish film director and screenwriter. Kurkvaara has been widely regarded as the initiator of the "new wave" of Finnish cinema in the spirit of French New Wave cinema. He directed 22 films between 1955 and 1993. Many of his films share a nautical theme due to his love of the sea. His film Yksityisalue was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1965, he co-produced the film 4x4 and it was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.
Known for
Filmography
Butterfly's Dream
Director, Writer
Menestyksen maku
Producer, Director, Screenplay
Maunu Kurkvaaran Kujanjuoksu
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
Punatukka
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
Rottasota
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
Miljoonaliiga
Producer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Tänään olet täällä
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
Kielletty kirja
Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Production Design, Producer, Director
4 x 4
Director
Naiset
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
Raportti eli balladi laivatytöistä
Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Writer
Lauantaileikit
Director, Director of Photography, Producer
Meren juhlat
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
Yksityisalue
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
Darling
Writer, Editor, Producer, Director, Director of Photography
Autotytöt
Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Director
Patarouva
Screenplay, Director of Photography, Producer, Director
Tirlittan
Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Director
Ei enää eilispäivää
Director
Onnen saari
Director
Tammikuinen fantasia
1955
Tammikuinen fantasia
Director, Cinematography
Kaunis Veera eli ballaadi Saimaalta
Assistant Director
Orpopojan valssi
as (uncredited)