Juha Wuolijoki

Juha Wuolijoki is an award-winning Director, Screenwriter and Producer. Wuolijoki has directed globally known actors such as Golden Globe –nominated John Turturro, Academy Award – nominated Burt Young, Emmy Award –winning Michael Badalucco and Tony Sirico. His latest feature credits include VINSKI AND THE INVISIBILITY POWDER (2021), ZARRA’S LAW (2014), a crime drama set in New York and a period biopic HELLA W (2011). Finnish box office hits, family features ELLA AND FRIENDS and ELLA AND FRIENDS 2, opened theatrically in Finland during the holiday seasons 2012 and 2013 are produced by Juha Wuolijoki. His family feature CHRISTMAS STORY (2007) was a top-grossing Finnish film of the year and has sold to over 120 territories including the U.S. and China. Wuolijoki’s GOURMET CLUB won the Venla Award for the best film and the Golden Nymph Award for the best script at the Monte Carlo Television Festival. He is a member of the European Film Academy and the Producer’s Guild of America.

Director’s statement

“Vinski and The Invisibility Powder is based on a Finnish well known and beloved book Koko Kaupungin Vinski from the 1950s. We decided with the screenwriters Mauri Ahola and Jari Olavi Rantala that we need to set the story to the current time but still want to keep some of the great tonal things that the book had.
I read the book when I was a kid and loved it. I believe the author was really ahead of his time. The magical fantasy in the story is very unusual in a Finnish setting. The story is universal. Who would not want to be invisible and be able to walk through the walls!”