Eino Ruutsalo

Directing·Sep 19, 1921·Kymi, Finland

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Eino Ruutsalo (1921-2001) made mostly documentaries and animated films, in the latter genre he was influenced by Norman McLaren and Stan Brakhage with the idea of painting and scratching directly on the emulsion and then adding a jazz accompaniment to his kinetic images. Ruutsalo had been a fighter pilot during the Second World War and had studied the very au courant Abstract Expressionism after the war in both his own country of Finland and in the United States of America.

Film	Credit
KKinescope1991 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
HHavis Amanda: The Beauty of Helsinki1982 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
AAlvar Aalto: A Finnish Architect1972 · Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Director	Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Director
IIs This the World of Teddy?1969 · Director	Director
Food1968 · Director	Director
PPlus Minus1967 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
HHuman Signs1966 · Producer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography	Producer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography
Laituri1965 · Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Writer	Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Writer
TThe Junk Artist1965 · Producer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography	Producer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography
TThe Jump1965 · Director	Director
TTwo Chickens1965 · Director	Director
Les Siffleurs1964 · Producer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography	Producer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography
BBlue-Eyed Helsinki1963 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Tuulinen päivä1962 · Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director	Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
Kinetic Pictures1962 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Hetkiä yössä1961 · Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Writer	Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Writer
DDon Quijote1961 · Producer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography	Producer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography
TTalking Hands1959 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
TThe EagleDirector, Writer	Director, Writer