# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/juha-wuolijoki
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:01:32.324Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/juha-wuolijoki"
name: "Juha Wuolijoki"
slug: "juha-wuolijoki"
description: "Juha Wuolijoki is a Finnish director, writer and producer and the CEO-founder of the production and distribution company Snapper Films. 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. He's best known as the director, co-writer and producer of award-winning features Gourmet Club (2004), Christmas Story (2007), Hella W (2011), and Vinski and the Invisibility Powder (2021). Most recently, he produced and directed the television series King of Los Angeles (2023) and Valhalla Project (2024)."
tagline: "Finnish film director, producer and screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juha_Wuolijoka.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1969-11-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.27
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.601404
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0943363/"
    handle:    "nm0943363"
sources:
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juha_Wuolijoki"
    title: "Juha Wuolijoki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%DA%86%D9%88%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "چوها وليچوكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juha_Wuolijoki"
    title: "Juha Wuolijoki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juha_Wuolijoki"
    title: "Juha Wuolijoki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juha_Wuolijoki"
    title: "Juha Wuolijoki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juha_Wuolijoki"
    title: "Juha Wuolijoki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juha_Wuolijoki"
    title: "Juha Wuolijoki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11202781"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/213330"
    title: "Juha Wuolijoki"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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