Jesse Haaja

Jesse Haaja is an multi-award winning director, producer and a writer. His first full length film Rendel was released 2017 and it was sold to over 60 countries. Haaja has a background in commercials as Graphic Designer and Art Director. In 2009 he founded his first company which grew to be the biggest advertising agency of the area in just a few years. Through the agency Haaja has directed and worked as writer, director, producer and cinematographer for several award-winning commercials music videos. In 2015 Haaja was chosen as the young entrepreneur of the year. His breakthrough film RENDEL is based on Haaja's own creation; a comic character he came up with when he was 13-14 years old. Rendel has already gained hundreds of thousands of followers and Rendel enthusiasts from all around the world. It became one of the most distributed films from Finland. Haaja has earned a reputation as an easy going but very determined and ambitious director with a unique visual style. He takes pride