Tanel Toom
Directing
- Born
- November 1, 1982 (age 43) · Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Harju County, Estonia]
Tanel Toom (born November 1, 1982) is an Estonian director and screenwriter.
Toom studied filmmaking at Tallinn University, graduating with a BA in 2005. After that, he worked as a director for commercials and as a first assistant director. In 2008, he completed his fourth short film, The Second Coming, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The apocalyptical war drama has since been screened at numerous film festivals and won several awards, including Best European Short at the Arcipelago International Film Festival. The same year, he decided to continue his studies at the National Film and Television School in England. He graduated from the NFTS with an MA in 2010 and shortly after that his diploma film The Confession won the Student Academy Award for Honorary Foreign Film and got him an Academy Award nomination for Live Action Short Film.
Known for
Behind the camera10
- 2025Fränk Script Consultant, Editorial Consultant
- 2024Lioness Script Consultant
- 2023Last Sentinel VFX Artist, Director
- 2021Firebird Script Consultant
- 2019Truth and Justice Screenplay, Director
- 2010The Confession Director, Writer
- 2008The Second Coming Writer, Editor, Director
- 2007Georg Second Assistant Director
- 2006Ruudi First Assistant Director, Still Photographer
- 2004Set Point