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.
Filmography
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Plus Minus (1967)
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Human Signs (1966)
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Laituri (1965)
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The Junk Artist (1965)
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Two Chickens (1965)
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The Jump (1965)
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Les Siffleurs (1964)
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Blue-Eyed Helsinki (1963)
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Tuulinen päivä (1962)
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Kinetic Pictures (1962)
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Hetkiä yössä (1961)
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Don Quijote (1961)
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Talking Hands (1959)
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The Eagle
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1921-09-19
Deathday2001-04-02 (79 years old)
Birth NameEino Kalevi Ruuth
Birth PlaceTiutinen, Finland
CitizenshipsFinland
Also Known AsEino Ruuth
AwardsCross of Liberty, 4th Class, Medal of Liberty, 1st Class
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