Nyrki Tapiovaara

Tapiovaara in 1938

Nyrki Tapiovaara, born 10 September 1911 in Pitäjänmäki, Helsinki, died 29 February 1940, was a Finnish film director.[1] He belonged to the Tulenkantajat group which promoted modernist ideas in Finnish culture. Tapiovaara's film career only lasted four years and resulted in five feature films, but had a lasting effect on Finnish cinema. He died in the Winter War.[2]

  1. ^ "Nyrki Tapiovaara". Elonet (in Finnish). Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  2. ^ Toiviainen, Sakari. "Tapiovaara, Nyrki". Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (in Swedish). Society of Swedish Literature in Finland. Retrieved 2016-03-31.