Joel Elstelä

Joel Elstelä (b. 1961) is a Finnish theatre director, playwright and writer. Elstelä has directed for most major theatres in Finland. He has adapted novels to stage plays and the big screen, as well as translated numerous plays, including works by Shakespeare. Zircco Fantastico was Joel Elstelä’s first full-length work of fiction for which he was nominated for the Finlandia Prize for Fiction.