Eino Ruutsalo
Known for: Directing
Born: September 18, 1921 in Kymi, Finland - Died: April 1, 2001
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.
Known for
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The Jump
Director
Plus Minus
Director
Two Chickens
Director
Les Siffleurs
Director
Laituri
Producer
Alvar Aalto: A Finnish Architect
Producer
Hetkiä yössä
Producer
Tuulinen päivä
Writer
Kinetic Pictures
Writer
Human Signs
Director
The Junk Artist
Director
Don Quijote
Director
Talking Hands
Director
Blue-Eyed Helsinki
Director
Havis Amanda: The Beauty of Helsinki
Director
The Eagle
Director
Is This the World of Teddy?
Director
Kinescope
Director
Food
Director