Risto Jarva
- Known for
- Directing
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- July 15, 1934
- Age at death
- 43
- Died
- December 16, 1977
- From
- 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).
