Janne-Markus Katila

Acting · Directing

Born June 25, 1989, Nurmo, Finland

Janne-Markus Katila was born on June 25, 1989, in Nurmo, Finland. With over a decade of experience in the film industry, he has built a versatile career as a director, writer, producer, and actor, primarily in independent cinema. Katila has contributed to various projects, including Backwood Madness (2025) and (Pri)sons (2024). His directorial debut, the feature-length horror-comedy Wild Duck, is currently in post-production.

Filmography

• 2026Red Beast — Prisoner, Co-Producer
• 2025Backwood Madness — Hiisi / Soldier, Assistant Director, Screenplay, Co-Producer
• 2025Ruotuin Serehvia — Hautausurakoitsija, Producer, Assistant Director
• 2024(Pri)sons: Making of — Self, Director, Editor
• 2024Carnage — Club Patron
• 2024L'homme à la trottinette électrique — Jean-Luc, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
• 2023How We Made Free Skate — Self, Director, Editor
• 2022Free Skate — Mental Coach, Co-Producer
• 2022Freebird — Birdwatcher, Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer
• 2022Jari's Odyssey Part 2: The Resurrection — Kuvaaja / Janne-Markus Katila, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
• 2018From Stage to Screen: Kyrsyä - Tuftland — Self, Director, Editor
• 2018Tuftland — Jalmari
• 2017Bandits and Bloodhounds — Dracula
• 2016Jari's Odyssey — Kuvaaja, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
• 2016Love and Fury — Inkan opiskelukaveri
• 2014The Grump — Viereisen pöydän asiakas
• 2013August Fools — Tappelija festivaaleilla
• 2013The Year of '85: Rock Your Memories — Häävieras
• Wild Duck — Hemmo, Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
• Years of Madness: The Making of 'Backwood Madness' — Director, Writer, Producer, Editor