Directing
Elmo Nüganen
ET, EN, FI cinema · 24 credits
Born
15 February 1962 (age 64)
Birthplace
Jõhvi, Kohtla-Järve District, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Ida-Viru County, Estonia]
Also known as ელმო ნუგანენი
Elmo Nüganen (born February 15, 1962 in Jõhvi) is an Estonian theatre director, film director, and actor. He has been the artistic director of the Tallinn City Theatre since 1992. He was a graduate of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in 1988 and then a professor at the academy in 1998–2002 and 2008–2012. He directed the war films Names in Marble from 2002 and 1944 from 2015. Names in Marble was seen by more than 168,000 people in Estonia and was selected for the 2003 Taormina Film Fest, while 1944 had the highest opening-week audience numbers in Estonian film history and became the country's submission for the Academy Awards. Nüganen has received multiple awards for his work in theatre, including the Estonian Annual Theatre Award for Best Director in 1992, 1995, 2000, 2007, and 2010, and the Estonian National Cultural Award in 1996, 1999, and 2009.
Known for
Filmography
One-Dimensional Man
as Investigator
Rebel with a Bow Tie
as Self (uncredited)
Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter
Director, Screenplay
Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost
Director, Screenplay
Melchior the Apothecary
Director, Screenplay
Dawn of War
as Major Kurg
Portugal
as Boss
1944
Director
August välja
2014
August välja
as Himself
Tangerines
as Margus
Mushrooming
as Gas Station Attendant
Purge
as Father
Demons
as Stranger
Mindless
Director, Screenplay
Names in Marble
as Armored Train Commander, Director, Screenplay
Burattino
Director
Love for Three Oranges
as Pantalone, Producer, Director
Marraskuun harmaa valo
as Tõnu Valjus
Prompter
as Robert
