---
name: "Ilja Rautsi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ilja-rautsi"
fi1m_id: "ilja-rautsi"
imdb_id: "nm5463358"
tmdb_id: 1532135
wikidata_id: "Q110193728"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T04:34:52.257559+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ilja Rautsi

## Identity

Ilja Rautsi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ilja-rautsi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ilja-rautsi
- **IMDb ID:** nm5463358
- **TMDB ID:** 1532135
- **Wikidata ID:** Q110193728
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110193728, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5463358/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1532135

Writer. Born in Ilomantsi.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110193728, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5463358/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1532135

## Coming up

- *Red Snow* (2026-11-20), Writer

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Nightborn*](https://film.one/film/nightborn.md) (62)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ilja Rautsi is a Finnish screenwriter, director and dramaturg. He began screenplay studies at the University of Art and Design Helsinki (Taideteollinen korkeakoulu) in 2006 and has worked as a film critic for Helsingin Sanomat’s NYT supplement. He specialises in horror and genre cinema.

Rautsi wrote the screenplay for the 2022 horror film *Hatching*, directed by Hanna Bergholm. He co-wrote the 2026 fantasy horror film *Nightborn* with Bergholm. His other screenwriting credits include *Memory of Water* (2022) and *Spandex Sapiens* (2015). He has directed the shorts *Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre* (2018) and *Night of the Living Dicks* (2021).

*Sources: fi.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Nightborn* (2026), Fi1m 62, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/nightborn.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Red Snow* (2026), Writer, Director
- *Nightborn* (2026), Writer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/nightborn.md)
- *The Squirrel* (2026), as Dramaturgy
- *Fleak* (2025), Writer
- *Shadowland* (2024), Thanks
- *Heavier Trip* (2024), as Dramaturgy
- *Snot and Splash: The Mystery of Disappearing Holes* (2024), Screenplay
- *The Knocking* (2023), as Dramaturgy
- *Memory of Water* (2022), Screenplay
- *Hatching* (2022), Screenplay, Story
- *Fucking with Nobody* (2021), as Vampira-tapahtuman vieras
- *Night of the Living Dicks* (2021), Director, Writer
- *ADULTS* (2019), series, as Taiteilija
- *Metatitanic* (2018), as 3. luokan bilettäjä
- *Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre* (2018), Director, Writer
- *Thick Lashes of Lauri Mäntyvaara* (2017), as Sammalhirviö, Dramaturgy
- *Only Pussies Screw* (2016), Screenplay
- *The Mine* (2016), as Dramaturgy
- *Rehtori* (2016), Editor
- *Spandex Sapiens* (2015), Editor, Co-Writer
- *Mercy All the Way* (2014), Actor
- *Pyramid* (2012), Grip
- *Täyttä hepreaa*, Writer
- *Alma*, Writer

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