Jalmari Helander
Finnish film director and screenwriter · Finland · On the map · Directors · Born 1976 · age 50
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.
Jalmari Helander is read about 209 times a day, in 16 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 109 days, one point a day.
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Sisu: Road to RevengeFilm, Director, Writer2024
The Last Stand of Ellen ColeFilm, Writer2022
SisuFilm, Director, Writer2021
KarkuritSeries, Director2020
Perfect CommandoSeries, Director2014
Big GameFilm, Director, Writer2010Sitges Film Festival Best Director awardAward
Rare Exports: A Christmas TaleFilm, 2010Director, Writer2006
The FakirFilm, Director, Writer2005
The Official Rare Exports Inc. Safety Instructions 2005Film, Director, Writer2003
Rare Exports Inc.Film, Director, Writer2001
UkkonenFilm, Director, Writer1999IcemanFilm, Director, Writer
Maxmillian TarzanFilm, 1999Director, Writer1976Born21 July 1976People around Jalmari
Close ties
Jorma Tommila Jalmari directed Sisu and Big Game
Tommi Korpela Jalmari directed Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
Onni Tommila Jalmari directed Sisu and Big Game
Samuel L. Jackson Jalmari directed Big Game (2015)
James Franco Jalmari directed John Rambo
Felicity Huffman Jalmari directed Big Game (2015)
Stephen Lang Jalmari directed Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025)
Victor Garber Jalmari directed Big Game (2015)
Ray Stevenson Jalmari directed Big Game (2015)
Ted Levine Jalmari directed Big Game (2015)
Lin Shaye Produced The Last Stand of Ellen Cole (2024)
Richard Brake Jalmari directed Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025)
Mehmet Kurtuluş Jalmari directed Big Game (2015)
Kian Lawley Jalmari directed Perfect Commando (2020)
Fred Berger Produced The Last Stand of Ellen Cole (2024)
Jefferson White Jalmari directed John Rambo
Katherine C. Hughes Jalmari directed Perfect Commando (2020)
Per Christian Ellefsen Jalmari directed Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
Anthony Russo Produced John Rambo (2027)
Taneli Mäkelä Jalmari directed Wingman
Jason Tobin Jalmari directed John Rambo
Joe Russo Produced John Rambo (2027)
Mika Orasmaa Produced The Fakir (2006)
Tayme Thapthimthong Jalmari directed John Rambo
Known for
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The Last Stand of Ellen Cole 2024
Sisu 2022
Sisu: Road to Revenge 2025
The Official Rare Exports Inc. Safety Instructions 2005 2005
Rare Exports Inc. 2003
Also in Français
Filmography 14
39 credits on file
Television 2
Media & music
Photos 1
Awards
About this person
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.
