Career
Founded in 1998, Snapper s is based in Helsinki, New York 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 (Aalto University). He"s best known as the director, co-writer and producer of award-winning features Gourmet Club (2004), Christmas Story (2007) and Hella West (2011).
One of the latest Snapper s productions is Zarra"s Law (2014), a crime drama set in New York starring Tony Sirico, Brendan Fehr, Erin Cummings and Burt Young.
Other recent projects include executive producing of French comedy feature (2011 film). The Finnish drama feature Hella West, directed and produced by Juha Wuolijoki, was premiered theatrically in Finland and Scandinavia in January 2011.
In 2009, Snapper s entered into co-operation with the production company Black Forest son The co-operation started with Juha Wuolijoki co-producing the comedy feature Father, Son and a Holy Cow (2011).
The Bollywood film Shamitabh (2015), starring Amitabh Bachchan and Dhanush, was shot partly in Finland.
Snapper s is a Finnish production company for the film. Snapper s’ family feature Christmas Story was the top-grossing Finnish film of 2007 and has spread wider than any other Finnish live-action feature. The film has sold to 120 countries with theatrical releases in several territories.Christmas Story has been selected to several international festivals, including Festival Cine-Jeune de l"Aisne in France, Chicago Children"s Festival and Zlin - 48th International Festival for Children and Youth in Czechoslovakian Republic.
On Digital Video Disc/Blu-ray, Christmas Story was the first-ever Finnish feature to sell Platinum (100000 units).
In 2004, Juha produced and directed the Finnish-language television film Gourmet Club. Juha has also directed, adapted and translated numerous radio plays.