Maunu Kurkvaara

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.
Crew

Menestyksen maku
Producer, Director, Screenplay

Yksityisalue
Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Writer

Kaunis Veera eli ballaadi Saimaalta
Assistant Director

Äl' yli päästä perhanaa
Producer

Lauantaileikit
Director, Director of Photography, Producer

Tirlittan
Editor, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Producer, Director

Patarouva
Screenplay, Director of Photography, Producer, Director

Autotytöt
Writer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography, Director

Darling
Writer, Editor, Producer, Director, Director of Photography

Meren juhlat
Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Director

Naiset
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director

Raportti eli balladi laivatytöistä
Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Writer

Kielletty kirja
Editor, Production Design, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Director

Rottasota
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director

Tänään olet täällä
Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Director

Miljoonaliiga
Producer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography

Punatukka
Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Director

4 x 4
Director

Maunu Kurkvaaran Kujanjuoksu
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director

Onnen saari
Director

Ei enää eilispäivää
Director
Kertomus kadonneesta saaresta
Director
Pikkuinen...
Director

Butterfly's Dream
Director, Writer
