Ari Savonen

Birthday: 1987-07-07
Birthplace: Saarijärvi, Finland
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

Ari Savonen (born 7 July 1987 in Saarijärvi) is a Finnish independent filmmaker, make-up artist, special effects artist and actor. He is best known for his work in Finnish independent film industry and horror fantasy film Backwood Madness (2025), which he directed, wrote and produced.

Savonen is also an organizer of Trash and Underground Film Festival and former president of Finnish Independent Movie Association (Findie Ry).

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
		Wild Duck	Repe
	2025-08-22	Backwood Madness	Corpse / Voice Actor
	2024-07-19	Gravediggers	Donald
	2024-03-09	L'homme à la trottinette électrique	Lange
	2024-02-09	Carnage	Mikael Lind
	2023-03-31	Detour to Father	Kalle
	2022-10-21	Free Skate	Judge
	2021-01-21	The Return of Shitters	People in panic #3
	2021-01-01	The Return of Shitters: The Shocking Truth
	2018-11-25	The Cold Dark	Brother Peter
	2018-11-02	Bring Me the Blood of the Werewolf	Trade Horse
	2018-09-07	It Came from the Desert	Mutant in Eradicator Movie
	2018-07-17	Satan Stole Our Hot Dogs!	Hot Dog Loser
	2018-04-06	Tuftland	Severi
	2017-09-01	Bandits and Bloodhounds	Cowboy
	2017-08-25	Terminator Commando	Cannon Fodder
	2016-11-11	The Defiler	Guard #1
	2016-06-10	Jari's Odyssey	Ari Savonen
	2015-11-06	Bunny the Killer Thing	Man with a Orange Mask
	2014-03-08	The Champions of Space	Jazz Junkie
	2014-01-16	L4ST	Infected