Maunu Kurkvaara
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 18, 1926
- Died
- December 31, 2023
- Birthplace
- Viipuri, Finland [now Vyborg, Russia]
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 saaresta
Kertomus kadonneesta saaresta 1993
Director
Butterfly's Dream 1986
Director, Writer
Menestyksen maku 1983
Producer, Director, Screenplay
Maunu Kurkvaaran Kujanjuoksu 1971
Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Director
Punatukka 1969
Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
Miljoonaliiga 1968
Producer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography
Rottasota 1968
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
Äl' yli päästä perhanaa 1968
Producer
Tänään olet täällä 1966
Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Director
Kielletty kirja 1965
Production Design, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Director
4 x 4 1965
Director
Raportti eli balladi laivatytöistä 1964
Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Writer
Naiset 1964
Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Director
Lauantaileikit 1963
Director, Director of Photography, Producer
Meren juhlat 1963
Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Director
Yksityisalue 1962
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
- Pikkuinen...
Pikkuinen... 1961
Director
Darling 1961
Writer, Producer, Editor, Director, Director of Photography
Autotytöt 1960
Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Director
Patarouva 1959
Producer, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Director
Tirlittan 1958
Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Director
Ei enää eilispäivää 1957
Director
- Miehen omatunto
Miehen omatunto 1956
Director
- Tammikuinen fantasia
Tammikuinen fantasia 1955
Director, Cinematography
Onnen saari 1955
Director
Kaunis Veera eli ballaadi Saimaalta 1950
Assistant Director
Orpopojan valssi 1949
as (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.