Maunu Kurkvaara

Known for: Directing
Born: July 18, 1926, Viipuri, Finland [now Vyborg, Russia]
Died: December 31, 2023
Movies: 25

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 Movies

5.6

Maunu Kurkvaaran Kujanjuoksu

1971

4.7

Meren juhlat

1963

7.3

4 x 4

1965

3.6

Lauantaileikit

1963

4.4

Raportti eli balladi laivatytöistä

1964

4.8

Punatukka

1969

6.5

Yksityisalue

1962

3.0

Tänään olet täällä

1966

4.3

Menestyksen maku

1983

3.3

Tirlittan

1958

Filmography

1949

Orpopojan valssi

(uncredited)

Directing, Writing & Producing

1993	Kertomus kadonneesta saaresta	Director
1986	Butterfly's Dream	Director, Writer
1983	Menestyksen maku	Producer, Director, Screenplay
1971	Maunu Kurkvaaran Kujanjuoksu	Producer, Writer, Director
1969	Punatukka	Producer, Writer, Director
1968	Miljoonaliiga	Producer, Writer, Director
1968	Rottasota	Writer, Producer, Director
1968	Äl' yli päästä perhanaa	Producer
1966	Tänään olet täällä	Writer, Producer, Director
1965	Kielletty kirja	Writer, Producer, Director
1965	4 x 4	Director
1964	Raportti eli balladi laivatytöistä	Producer, Director, Writer
1964	Naiset	Writer, Producer, Director
1963	Lauantaileikit	Director, Producer
1963	Meren juhlat	Writer, Producer, Director
1962	Yksityisalue	Director, Writer, Producer
1961	Pikkuinen...	Director
1961	Darling	Writer, Producer, Director
1960	Autotytöt	Writer, Producer, Director
1959	Patarouva	Producer, Screenplay, Director
1958	Tirlittan	Screenplay, Producer, Director
1957	Ei enää eilispäivää	Director
1955	Onnen saari	Director
1955	Tammikuinen fantasia	Director

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