Director

Maunu Kurkvaara

Directing

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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 0All crew credits: 22

TMDB ID: 1364541

IMDb ID: nm0475784

Known for: Directing

Born: July 18, 1926

Died: December 31, 2023

Age: 97

Place of birth: Viipuri, Finland [now Vyborg, Russia]

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1949 - 1986

Years active: 38

Wikidata: Q6792590

Also known as

Mauno Kurkvaara • Mauno Sakari Heikkonen • Sakari Vaara • Soili Kotala

Frequent jobs

Director (6)Assistant Director (1)Director of Photography (1)Producer (6)Writer (5)Editor (2)Screenplay (1)

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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.

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