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Eino Ruutsalo
Kymi, Finland
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 scr…
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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.
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1991
Kinescope
Movie Director
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1982
Havis Amanda: The Beauty of Helsinki
Movie Writer
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1972
Alvar Aalto: A Finnish Architect
Movie Producer
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1969
Is This the World of Teddy?
Movie Director
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1968
Food
Movie Director
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1967
Plus Minus
Movie Director
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1966
Human Signs
Movie Director
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1965
Laituri
Movie Producer
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1965
The Junk Artist
Movie Writer
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1965
The Jump
Movie Director
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1965
Two Chickens
Movie Director
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1964
Les Siffleurs
Movie Director
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1963
Blue-Eyed Helsinki
Movie Director
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1962
Tuulinen päivä
Movie Writer
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1962
Kinetic Pictures
Movie Writer
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1961
Hetkiä yössä
Movie Producer
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1961
Don Quijote
Movie Director
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1959
Talking Hands
Movie Writer
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The Eagle
Movie Director
