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Risto Jarva
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Finnish film director and screenwriter (1934–1977)
Film & TV
Helsinki, Finland
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).
Known for
- Risto Jarva, My Colleague — Self1984
- Loma — Bank customer / Man reading newspaper1976
- One Man's War — Interview / Man in restaurant1974
- Onnenpeli1965
- 9 runoa1959
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antero
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Helsinki
- Place of death
- Kuusisaari
- Occupation
- film producer
- Educated at
- Helsinki University of Technology
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Native language
- Finnish
- Image
- Risto-Jarva-1969.jpg
- Work location
- Helsinki
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- birth name
- Risto Antero Jarva
- date of birth
- 1934-07-15
- date of death
- 1977-12-16
- cause of death
- traffic collision
- Commons category
- Risto Jarva
- manner of death
- accidental death
- place of burial
- Hietaniemi cemetery
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