Elmo Nüganen
Directing
- Born
- February 15, 1962 (age 64) · Jõhvi, Kohtla-Järve District, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Ida-Viru County, Estonia]
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.
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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.
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Known for
Behind the camera8
- 2023Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter Director, Screenplay
- 2022Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost Director, Screenplay
- 2022Melchior the Apothecary Director, Screenplay
- 20151944 Director
- 2006Mindless Director, Screenplay
- 2002Names in Marble Screenplay, Director
- 2002Burattino Director
- 1994Love for Three Oranges Producer, Director
Acting18
- 2027
