Risto Jarva

Biography

Risto Jarva was a leading filmmaker in the Finnish cinema of the 1960's and the 1970's as well as one of the founders of the production company Filminor. He died aged 43 in a car accident on his way home from the premiere of his now classic film The Year of the Hare (1977).

Directed

1. The Year of the Hare (1977) — Director
2. Loma (1976) — Director
3. Time of Roses (1969) — Director
4. Mies, joka ei osannut sanoa ei (1975) — Director
5. Onnenpeli (1965) — Director
6. A Worker's Diary (1967) — Director
7. X-Paroni (1964) — Director
8. Bensaa suonissa (1970) — Director
9. One Man's War (1974) — Director
10. When the Heavens Fall… (1972) — Director
11. Yö vai päivä (1962) — Director
12. Woman and Society (1968) — Director
13. Town Is Our Future (1967) — Director
14. Maaseudun tulevaisuus? (1970) — Director
15. Kitka - a poem in living water (1963) — Director
16. Computers Serve (1968) — Director
17. Tampere, the City of Joyful Summer (1964) — Director
18. Parempaan asumiseen (1968) — Director
19. Työtä ylioppilasteatterissa (1961) — Director
20. 9 runoa (1959) — Director
21. Frozen Foods (1969) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Loma (1976) — Bank customer / Man reading newspaper
2. Onnenpeli (1965)
3. One Man's War (1974) — Interview / Man in restaurant
4. Risto Jarva, My Colleague (1984) — Self
5. 9 runoa (1959)