Olli Ilpo Salonen

Olli Ilpo Salonen (b. 1983) is a Finnish film and TV director. He has directed multiple series, short films and a feature film Wendy and the Refugee Neverland which had its international premiere at the Haugesund Film Festival in 2017 and received a nomination for the Finnish Jussi Film Award. For his work on television, Salonen has received two Venla nominations (Finnish TV awards) and won the Golden Venla for SuomiLOVE as writer-director (Best music entertainment series) in 2016. In recent years, Salonen has worked extensively on successful Finnish dramas (Exit, 2022, and The Colour of Evil, 2021).