Personal info
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 7/18/1926
- Birthplace
- Viipuri, Finland [now Vyborg, Russia]
- Died
- 12/31/2023 (aged 97)
- Gender
- Male
- Also known as
- Mauno Kurkvaara, Mauno Sakari Heikkonen, Sakari Vaara, Soili Kotala
Biography
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.
12 titles
Maunu Kurkvaaran Kujanjuoksu
1971
Director
4 x 4
1965
Director
Meren juhlat
1963
Director
Punatukka
1969
Director
Raportti eli balladi laivatytöistä
1964
Director
Lauantaileikit
1963
Director
Tänään olet täällä
1966
Director
Yksityisalue
1962
Director
Kaunis Veera eli ballaadi Saimaalta
1950
Assistant Director
Menestyksen maku
1983
Director
Tirlittan
1958
Director
Miljoonaliiga
1968
Director
