Risto Jarva

Risto Jarva was born in Helsinki in 1934 and trained as an engineer; he edited the student newspaper of the polytechnic and turned to photography before cinema. A leading figure of the Finnish new wave, he directed eleven feature films from 1962 to 1977 and some thirty shorts, in his company Filminor. His films dealt with class conflict, the sensationalist press, the city and technology. State Art Professor from 1970 to 1975, he died in a road accident on 16 December 1977, aged forty-three.

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• CinemaThe Year of the HareJäniksen vuosiRisto Jarva · 1977Cinema