Eino Ruutsalo
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1921-09-19
Day of Death
2001-04-02 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Kymi, Finland
Eino Ruutsalo
Biography
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
Crew
The Eagle
Director, Writer
(1982)
Havis Amanda: The Beauty of Helsinki
Writer, Director
(1972)
Alvar Aalto: A Finnish Architect
Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Director
(1969)
Is This the World of Teddy?
Director
(1967)
Plus Minus
Director, Cinematography, Producer
(1966)
Human Signs
Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
(1965)
The Jump
Director
(1965)
Two Chickens
Director
(1965)
Laituri
Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
(1965)
The Junk Artist
Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography
(1964)
Les Siffleurs
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
(1963)
Blue-Eyed Helsinki
Director, Producer
(1962)
Kinetic Pictures
Writer, Director
(1962)
Tuulinen päivä
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
(1961)
Hetkiä yössä
Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Writer
(1961)
Don Quijote
Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
(1959)
Talking Hands
Writer, Director