Eino Ruutsalo

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.

Crew

The Jump

Director

Plus Minus

Director, Cinematography, Producer

Two Chickens

Director

Hetkiä yössä

Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Writer

Kinetic Pictures

Writer, Director

Tuulinen päivä

Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director

Les Siffleurs

Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography

Don Quijote

Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography

Laituri

Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Director

Alvar Aalto: A Finnish Architect

Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Director

The Junk Artist

Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography

Human Signs

Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography

Talking Hands

Writer, Director

Blue-Eyed Helsinki

Director, Producer

The Eagle

Director, Writer

Havis Amanda: The Beauty of Helsinki

Writer, Director

Is This the World of Teddy?

Director

Kinescope

Director, Writer

Food

Director