Eino Ruutsalo
Known for
Directing
Born
September 19, 1921
Birthplace
Kymi, Finland
Died
April 2, 2001 (aged 79)
Biography
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.
Best known work
Tuulinen päivä
1962
Two Chickens
1965
Laituri
1965Plus Minus
1967
Hetkiä yössä
1961The Jump
1965
Kinetic Pictures
1962
Les Siffleurs
1964Havis Amanda: The Beauty of Helsinki
1982Don Quijote
1961Filmography
TBA
The EagleDirector, Writer
1991
KinescopeDirector, Writer
1982
Havis Amanda: The Beauty of HelsinkiWriter, Director
1972
Alvar Aalto: A Finnish ArchitectProducer, Writer, Director of Photography, Director
1969
Is This the World of Teddy?Director
1968
FoodDirector
1967
Plus MinusDirector, Cinematography, Producer
1966
Human SignsDirector, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
1965
LaituriProducer, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
1965
The Junk ArtistWriter, Director, Producer, Director of Photography
1965
The JumpDirector
1965
Two ChickensDirector
1964
Les SiffleursDirector, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
1963
Blue-Eyed HelsinkiDirector, Producer
1962
Tuulinen päiväWriter, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
1962
Kinetic PicturesWriter, Director
1961
Hetkiä yössäProducer, Director of Photography, Director, Writer
1961
Don QuijoteDirector, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
1959
Talking HandsWriter, Director