Benedict Zilliacus

Emil Benedict Zilliacus (January 11, 1921 – January 28, 2013) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish journalist, author, scriptwriter and translator.

Zilliacus was born in Helsinki, Finland. He graduated from Svenska normallyceum i Helsingfors in 1939 and studied at the University of Helsinki from 1945 to 1948. From 1948 to 1982, he worked as a journalist and columnist for the newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet.

He was a board member of the Finland's Swedish Dramatists' Association (Finlands svenska dramatikerförbund) from 1965 to 1969. He wrote screenplays for many movies, including Etulinjan edessä (Beyond the Front Line), which he wrote together with Stefan Forss, and Tali-Ihantala, which he wrote with Stefan Forss and .