About
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.
Filmography
Kertomus kadonneesta saaresta1993 · Director
Butterfly's Dream1986 · Director, Writer
Menestyksen maku1983 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
Maunu Kurkvaaran Kujanjuoksu1971 · Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Punatukka1969 · Director of Photography, Writer, Producer
Miljoonaliiga1968 · Producer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Rottasota1968 · Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Äl' yli päästä perhanaa1968 · Producer
Tänään olet täällä1966 · Producer, Director of Photography, Writer
Kielletty kirja1965 · Editor, Production Design, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer
4 x 41965 · Director
Raportti eli balladi laivatytöistä1964 · Producer, Director of Photography, Writer
Naiset1964 · Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Lauantaileikit1963 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer
Meren juhlat1963 · Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
Yksityisalue1962 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Writer
Pikkuinen...1961 · Director
Darling1961 · Writer, Editor, Producer, Director, Director of Photography
Autotytöt1960 · Writer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography
Patarouva1959 · Screenplay, Director of Photography, Producer