Maunu Kurkvaara
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-07-18
Day of Death
2023-12-31 (97 years old)
Place of Birth
Viipuri, Finland [now Vyborg, Russia]
Maunu Kurkvaara
Biography
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.
Acting
(1949)
Orpopojan valssi
as (uncredited)
Crew
(1993)
Kertomus kadonneesta saaresta
Director
(1986)
Butterfly's Dream
Director, Writer
(1983)
Menestyksen maku
Producer, Director, Screenplay
(1971)
Maunu Kurkvaaran Kujanjuoksu
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
(1969)
Punatukka
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
(1968)
Äl' yli päästä perhanaa
Producer
(1968)
Rottasota
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
(1968)
Miljoonaliiga
Producer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
(1966)
Tänään olet täällä
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
(1965)
Kielletty kirja
Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Production Design, Producer, Director
(1965)
4 x 4
Director
(1964)
Naiset
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
(1964)
Raportti eli balladi laivatytöistä
Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Writer
(1963)
Lauantaileikit
Director, Director of Photography, Producer
(1963)
Meren juhlat
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
(1962)
Yksityisalue
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
(1961)
Darling
Writer, Editor, Producer, Director, Director of Photography
(1961)
Pikkuinen...
Director
(1960)
Autotytöt
Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Director
(1959)
Patarouva
Screenplay, Director of Photography, Producer, Director
(1958)
Tirlittan
Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Director
(1957)
Ei enää eilispäivää
Director
(1955)
Onnen saari
Director
(1950)
Kaunis Veera eli ballaadi Saimaalta
Assistant Director