Maunu Kurkvaara

Directing·Jul 18, 1926·Viipuri, Finland [now Vyborg, Russia]

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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.

Film	Credit
KKertomus kadonneesta saaresta1993 · Director	Director
Butterfly's Dream1986 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Menestyksen maku1983 · Producer, Director, Screenplay	Producer, Director, Screenplay
Maunu Kurkvaaran Kujanjuoksu1971 · Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Director	Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Director
Punatukka1969 · Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Director	Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
Miljoonaliiga1968 · Producer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography	Producer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography
Rottasota1968 · Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director	Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
Äl' yli päästä perhanaa1968 · Producer	Producer
Tänään olet täällä1966 · Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Director	Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Director
Kielletty kirja1965 · Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Director	Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Director
4 x 41965 · Director	Director
Raportti eli balladi laivatytöistä1964 · Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Writer	Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Writer
Naiset1964 · Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Director	Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Director
Lauantaileikit1963 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer	Director, Director of Photography, Producer
Meren juhlat1963 · Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Director	Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Director
Yksityisalue1962 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
PPikkuinen...1961 · Director	Director
Darling1961 · Writer, Producer, Director, Director of Photography	Writer, Producer, Director, Director of Photography
Autotytöt1960 · Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Director	Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Director
Patarouva1959 · Producer, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Director	Producer, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Director
Tirlittan1958 · Screenplay, Director of Photography, Producer, Director	Screenplay, Director of Photography, Producer, Director
Ei enää eilispäivää1957 · Director	Director
Onnen saari1955 · Director	Director
Orpopojan valssi1949 · (uncredited)	(uncredited)