Maunu Kurkvaara
Directing · Producer · Director · Assistant Director
Born Jul 18, 1926 · Viipuri, Finland [now Vyborg, Russia]
Active 1949–2023
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.
Filmography
Autotytöt (1960) — Writer · Editor · Producer · Director of Photography · DirectorDarling (1961) — Writer · Editor · Producer · Director · Director of PhotographyOnnen saari (1955) — DirectorEi enää eilispäivää (1957) — DirectorPatarouva (1959) — Screenplay · Director of Photography · Producer · Director4 x 4 (1965) — DirectorMiljoonaliiga (1968) — Producer · Director · Writer · Director of PhotographyOrpopojan valssi (1949) — (uncredited)Rottasota (1968) — Writer · Producer · Director of Photography · DirectorYksityisalue (1962) — Director · Director of Photography · Producer · WriterÄl' yli päästä perhanaa (1968) — ProducerNaiset (1964) — Writer · Producer · Director of Photography · DirectorButterfly's Dream (1986) — Director · WriterMaunu Kurkvaaran Kujanjuoksu (1971) — Writer · Producer · Director of Photography · DirectorKielletty kirja (1965) — Editor · Production Design · Producer · Director of Photography · Writer · DirectorPunatukka (1969) — Director of Photography · Writer · Producer · DirectorMeren juhlat (1963) — Producer · Writer · Director of Photography · DirectorRaportti eli balladi laivatytöistä (1964) — Producer · Director of Photography · Director · WriterKaunis Veera eli ballaadi Saimaalta (1950) — Assistant DirectorMenestyksen maku (1983) — Producer · Director · ScreenplayLauantaileikit (1963) — Director · Director of Photography · ProducerTirlittan (1958) — Editor · Director of Photography · Screenplay · Producer · DirectorTänään olet täällä (1966) — Producer · Director of Photography · Writer · DirectorKertomus kadonneesta saaresta (1993) — Director