Jussi Rautaniemi

Jussi Rautaniemi (1984) is a freelance film editor from Helsinki, Finland. Three time winner and five time nominee for best editing in the Finnish Jussi Awards. Graduated in 2012 from the Aalto University, the School of Arts, Design and Architecture, majoring in film editing. Best known for his work on Compartment no 6 by Juho Kuosmanen which premiered in Cannes main competition in 2021 and won the Grand Prix. Other films include The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (directed by Juho Kuosmanen) which won at Cannes film festival 2016, best film in Un Certain Regard selection and European film awards Prix Fipresci. 2017 a short film edited by Jussi The Ceiling (directed by Teppo Airaksinen) got Special Mention at the main selection. Critics week at Cannes 2022 featured a film film by Mikko Myllylahti, The Woodcutter story and back in 2010 film The Painting Sellers (by Juho Kuosmanen) won the Cinefondation series in Cannes. He also continuously works with documentary director Virpi Suutari and fiction director Teppo Airaksinen. Works with feature fiction, feature documentary, TV-drama, short films and film trailers.