Director: Jalmari Helander

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Birthday: 1976-07-21
Born in: Helsinki, Finland
Biography: Jalmari Helander (born 21 July 1976) is a Finnish screenwriter and film director. He is known for the 2010 film Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (which Cate Blanchett named as one of her favorite movies), the 2014 action-adventure Big Game starring Samuel L. Jackson, and the 2022 WWII action film Sisu. Before turning to feature films, Helander directed several short films and award-winning television commercials.

Known for

Sisu

Deep in the wilderness of Lapland, Aatami Korpi is searching for gold but after he stumbles upon Nazi patrol, a breathtaking and gold-hungry chase through the destroyed and mined Lapland wilderness begins.
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Sisu

2022

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Big Game

Air Force One is shot down by terrorists, leaving the President of the United States stranded in the wilderness of Finland. 13-year-old Oskari is on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his kinsfolk by tracking down a deer, but instead discovers the President in an escape pod. With the terrorists closing in to capture their prize, the unlikely duo team up to escape their hunters.
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Big Game

2015

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Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

Young Pietari lives with his reindeer-herding father in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, a nearby excavation makes a frightening discovery and an evil Santa Claus is unleashed…
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Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

2010

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The Official Rare Exports Inc. Safety Instructions 2005

Not meant for the public eye, this film reveals the dark reality of what's wrong with company's product. With its primitive instincts triggered by bad behaviour of people around it, the seemingly tame Father Christmas will forget the intensive training and turn into a brutal beast. You better watch out, you better not cry, There's no room for mistakes.
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The Official Rare Exports Inc. Safety Instructions 2005

2005

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Rare Exports Inc.

An elite trio of expert hunters venture into the woods to track and capture an especially rare and dangerous prey for the Christmas season.
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Rare Exports Inc.

2003

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