Eino Ruutsalo
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 19, 1921
- Died
- April 2, 2001 (aged 79)
- Birthplace
- Kymi, Finland
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Eagle
Movie · Director
Kinescope
Movie · Director
Havis Amanda: The Beauty of Helsinki
Movie · Director
Alvar Aalto: A Finnish Architect
Movie · Director
Is This the World of Teddy?
Movie · Director
Food
Movie · Director
Plus Minus
Movie · Director
Human Signs
Movie · Director
The Jump
Movie · Director
Two Chickens
Movie · Director
The Junk Artist
Movie · Director
Laituri
Movie · Director
Les Siffleurs
Movie · Director
Blue-Eyed Helsinki
Movie · Director
Kinetic Pictures
Movie · Director
Tuulinen päivä
Movie · Director
Don Quijote
Movie · Director
Hetkiä yössä
Movie · Director
Talking Hands
Movie · Director