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 16
1970s
- 1977
The Year of the Hare
Director
- 1976
Loma
Director
- 1975
Mies, joka ei osannut sanoa ei
Director
- 1974
One Man's War
Director
- 1972
When the Heavens Fall…
Director
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
Frozen Foods
Director
- 1968
Woman and Society
Director
Computers Serve
Director
- 1967
A Worker's Diary
Director
Town Is Our Future
Director
- 1965
Onnenpeli
Director
- 1964
X-Paroni
Director
- 1963
Kitka - a poem in living water
Director
- 1962
Yö vai päivä
Director
Wrote 15
1970s
- 1977
The Year of the Hare
Screenplay
- 1976
Loma
Writer
- 1975
Mies, joka ei osannut sanoa ei
Writer
- 1974
One Man's War
Writer
- 1972
When the Heavens Fall…
Writer
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
Frozen Foods
Writer
- 1968
Woman and Society
Writer
Computers Serve
Screenplay
- 1967
A Worker's Diary
Writer
- 1965
Onnenpeli
Writer
- 1964
X-Paroni
Writer
- 1963
Kitka - a poem in living water
Writer
- 1962
Yö vai päivä
Writer
Edited 9
1970s
- 1977
The Year of the Hare
Editor
- 1976
Loma
Editor
- 1975
Mies, joka ei osannut sanoa ei
Editor
- 1974
One Man's War
Editor
- 1970
1960s
- 1967
A Worker's Diary
Editor
- 1965
Onnenpeli
Editor
- 1964
X-Paroni
Editor
- 1962
Yö vai päivä
Editor
Produced 9
1970s
- 1971
- 1970
Kesäkapina
Producer
1960s
- 1969
- 1968
The Green Widow
Producer
- 1967
A Worker's Diary
Producer
- 1965
Onnenpeli
Producer
- 1964
X-Paroni
Producer
- 1962
Yö vai päivä
Executive Producer
Acted in 3
1970s
- 1976
Loma
Bank customer / Man reading newspaper
- 1974
One Man's War
Interview / Man in restaurant
1960s
- 1965
Onnenpeli
Movie
Camera 1
1960s
- 1964
X-Paroni
Director of Photography
Art department 1
1970s
- 1970
Appearances1
1980s
- 1984
Risto Jarva, My Colleague
Self
Thanked in the credits1
2000s
- 2008
