Maunu Kurkvaara
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-07-18 (97 years old)
Deathday
2023-12-31
Place of Birth
Viipuri, Finland [now Vyborg, Russia]
Also known As
Mauno Kurkvaara
Mauno Sakari Heikkonen
Sakari Vaara
Soili Kotala
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
as (uncredited)
Production
1983
as Producer
1962
as Director
1950
as Assistant Director
1968
as Producer
1983
as Director
1983
as Screenplay
1963
as Director
1958
as Editor
1958
as Director of Photography
1958
as Screenplay
1958
as Producer
1959
as Screenplay
1959
as Director of Photography
1959
as Producer
1960
as Writer
1960
as Editor
1960
as Producer
1960
as Director of Photography
1961
as Writer
1961
as Editor
1961
as Producer
1963
as Director of Photography
1962
as Director of Photography
1962
as Producer
1963
as Producer
1962
as Writer
1963
as Writer
1963
as Director of Photography
1963
as Producer
1964
as Writer
1964
as Producer
1964
as Director of Photography
1964
as Producer
1964
as Director of Photography
1965
as Editor
1965
as Production Design
1965
as Producer
1965
as Director of Photography
1965
as Writer
1968
as Writer
1966
as Producer
1966
as Director of Photography
1968
as Producer
1966
as Writer
1968
as Director of Photography
1968
as Producer
1969
as Director of Photography
1969
as Writer
1969
as Producer
1965
as Director
1971
as Writer
1971
as Producer
1971
as Director of Photography
1955
as Director
1957
as Director
1993
as Director
1961
as Director
1964
as Director
1964
as Writer
1968
as Director
1968
as Director
1968
as Writer
1961
as Director
1986
as Director
1969
as Director
1965
as Director
1960
as Director
1961
as Director of Photography
1968
as Director of Photography
1959
as Director
1963
as Director
1971
as Director
1966
as Director
1964
as Director
1958
as Director
1986
as Writer
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