Director
Maunu Kurkvaara
100 years · Viipuri, Finland [now Vyborg, Russia] · 22 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 22
Butterfly's Dream
1986 · Director, Writer
Menestyksen maku
1983 · Producer, Director
Maunu Kurkvaaran Kujanjuoksu
1971 · Writer, Producer
Punatukka
1969 · Writer, Producer
Miljoonaliiga
1968 · Producer, Director
Rottasota
1968 · Writer, Producer
Äl' yli päästä perhanaa
1968 · Producer
Tänään olet täällä
1966 · Writer, Producer
Kielletty kirja
1965 · Writer, Cinematography
4 x 4
1965 · Director
Raportti eli balladi laivatytöistä
1964 · Producer, Cinematography
Naiset
1964 · Writer, Producer
Lauantaileikit
1963 · Director, Cinematography
Meren juhlat
1963 · Writer, Producer
Yksityisalue
1962 · Director, Writer
Darling
1961 · Writer, Editor
Autotytöt
1960 · Writer, Cinematography
Patarouva
1959 · Screenplay, Cinematography
Tirlittan
1958 · Screenplay, Cinematography
Ei enää eilispäivää
1957 · Director
Onnen saari
1955 · Director
Orpopojan valssi
1949 · (uncredited)