Juha Wuolijoki

Juha Wuolijoki

Juha Wuolijoki is a Finnish director, writer and producer and the CEO-founder of the production and distribution company Snapper Films.[1] Founded in 1998, Snapper Films is based in Helsinki and Los Angeles and it's one of the leading production companies in Finland. Juha has a Master of Arts Degree (1995) from the University of Arts and Design (Aalto University). He's best known as the director, co-writer and producer of award-winning features Gourmet Club (2004), Christmas Story (2007) and Hella W (2011).

Juha Wuolijoki is a member of Producers Council in the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and the European Film Academy (EFA).[2][3]

Career

Netflix and Amazon Prime in US have released feature films that Wuolijoki has directed and produced. One of the latest Snapper Films productions is Zarra's Law (2014), a crime drama set in New York starring Tony Sirico, Brendan Fehr, Erin Cummings and Burt Young. Finnish box office hits, family features Ella and Friends and Ella and Friends 2, produced by Juha Wuolijoki, opened theatrically in Finland during the holiday seasons 2012 and 2013.[4][5][6] Other recent projects include executive producing of French comedy feature Let My People Go!. The Finnish drama feature Hella W, directed and produced by Juha Wuolijoki, was premiered theatrically in Finland and Scandinavia in January 2011.[7] The film won two Jussi Awards in Finland.[8] In 2009, Snapper Films entered into co-operation with the production company Black Forest Films.[9] The co-operation started with Juha Wuolijoki co-producing the comedy feature Father, Son and a Holy Cow (2011). The Bollywood film Shamitabh (2015), starring Amitabh Bachchan and Dhanush, was shot partly in Finland.[10] Snapper Films is a Finnish production company for the film.

Snapper Films’ family feature Christmas Story was the top-grossing Finnish film of 2007 and has spread wider than any other Finnish live-action feature. The film has sold to 120 countries with theatrical releases in several territories.[11] Christmas Story has been selected to several international festivals, including Film Festival Cine-Jeune de l'Aisne in France, Chicago Children's Film Festival and Zlin - 48th International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Czech Republic. At the 10th Sarasota Film Festival, Christmas Story won the Audience Award for Best in World Cinema in 2008 .[12] In Finland, the film won two Jussi Awards and was theatrically re-released in 2008 and 2009.[13] On DVD/Blu-ray, Christmas Story was the first-ever Finnish feature to sell Platinum (100.000 units).[14]

In 2004, Juha produced and directed the Finnish-language television film Gourmet Club. The film won the Venla award for best television movie of the year , as well as the Golden Nymph award for best screenplay at the 45th Monte Carlo Television Festival and Best Foreign Film at the Long Island International Film Expo in New York .[15][16][17] Juha has also directed, adapted and translated numerous radio plays.

Filmography

Film

TV

References

  1. ^ "Snapper Films | Snapper Films is a production, financing and distribution company based in Helsinki and Los Angeles. Founded in 1998". www.snapperfilms.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  2. ^ "The Producers Guild of America, PGA Newsletter: New PGA Members". February 11, 2015. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  3. ^ "European Film Academy, Members: Juha Wuolijoki".
  4. ^ "The Finnish Film Foundation, Finnish Films: Ella and Friends".
  5. ^ "The Finnish Film Foundation, Finnish Films: Ella and Friends 2".
  6. ^ "Nordisk Film & TV Fond :: Finnish Producer/Director Juha Wuolijoki Expands Into Distribution". www.nordiskfilmogtvfond.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  7. ^ http://ses.fi/en/films/film/?tx_browser_pi1[showUid]=172&cHash=3699969dd886738a81a0f43e1e3d456a
  8. ^ "mtv.fi: He ovat Jussi-gaalan palkintojen voittajat". January 29, 2012.
  9. ^ "Yle.fi: Suomalaiset elokuvantekijät hierovat sopimuksia Cannes'ssa". May 20, 2009.
  10. ^ "The Times of India: 'Shamitabh' will be the Bollywood's first movie to be shot in Finland". The Times of India. June 24, 2014.
  11. ^ "Finnish hit Christmas Story picked up for US by Lightning Media". www.screendaily.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  12. ^ Israel, James (14 April 2008). "Dispatch from Sarasota: Festival Celebrates Tenth Anniversary with Fun, Sun, Glamour, and Of Course". Indiewire. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  13. ^ "Musta jää putsasi pöydän Jussi-gaalassa - Suomenkuvalehti.fi". Suomenkuvalehti.fi (in Finnish). 2008-02-04. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  14. ^ "Joulutarinasta ensimmäinen platinaa myynyt kotimainen DVD-elokuva". Yle Uutiset. 17 December 2008. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  15. ^ "Arvon veli poiki Venla-pystejä". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). 29 January 2005. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  16. ^ "Archives". www.tvfestival.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  17. ^ "2005 Winners". The Long Island International Film Expo. 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2016-05-15.

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