---
name: "Paul Haapaniemi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-haapaniemi"
fi1m_id: "paul-haapaniemi"
imdb_id: "nm4738395"
tmdb_id: 1154300
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T11:41:02.365017+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."
---

# Paul Haapaniemi

## Identity

Paul Haapaniemi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-haapaniemi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-haapaniemi
- **IMDb ID:** nm4738395
- **TMDB ID:** 1154300
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4738395/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1154300

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4738395/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1154300

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Ransom Canyon*](https://film.one/tv/ransom-canyon.md) (57)

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

## Biography

Paul Haapaniemi is an American actor and writer. He has appeared in films including *Monsters of Man* (2020) as Jordan and *Night Train* (2023) as Renzo Romeo, and has acted in numerous other features and shorts.

As a writer, Haapaniemi contributed to the Netflix series *Ransom Canyon* (2025–2026), serving as staff writer, story editor, and providing teleplays, stories and written-by credits on multiple episodes. His earlier writing credits include episodes of *Jane by Design* (2012) and the short *Nowhere Band* (2018), for which he received a festival nomination for best original screenplay.

*Sources: imdb.com, tvmaze.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ransom Canyon* (2025), Fi1m 57, Writer, Story Editor, Teleplay, Story, Staff Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/ransom-canyon.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *A Southern Haunting* (2026), as Confederate General
- *Tales from Black Manor* (2025), as Atticus Black
- *Ransom Canyon* (2025), series, Staff Writer, Story Editor, Writer, Story, Teleplay — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/tv/ransom-canyon.md)
- *Attack Of The Machine* (2025), as Hunter
- *Night Train* (2023), as Renzo Romeo
- *Danger! Danger!* (2021), as Jungle Jim
- *Break Even* (2020), as Hipster
- *Monsters of Man* (2020), as Jordan
- *All for Nikki* (2020), as Fireman 2
- *Rescue Dogs* (2016), as Tracy
- *Followed* (2015), as Lover Boy
- *The Racket Boys* (2013), as Alex

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