# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jalmari-helander
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:12:35.916Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jalmari-helander"
name: "Jalmari Helander"
slug: "jalmari-helander"
description: "Jalmari Helander is a Finnish screenwriter and film director. He is known for the 2010 film Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, 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. In 2025, it was announced that Helander would direct John Rambo, the upcoming prequel to First Blood (1982) in the Rambo franchise."
tagline: "Finnish film director and screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jalmari_Helander.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1976-07-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.591644
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1118351/"
    handle:    "nm1118351"
sources:
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    title: "Jalmari Helander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalmari_Helander"
    title: "Jalmari Helander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalmari_Helander"
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    title: "Jalmari Helander"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jalmari Helander"
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    title: "Jalmari Helander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalmari_Helander"
    title: "Jalmari Helander"
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  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalmari_Helander"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump