Elmo Nüganen
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 | Directing |
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Most Rating | 6.577 |
Birthday | 1962-02-15 |
Place of Birth | Jõhvi, Estonian SRR, USSR [now Estonia] |
Also Known As |
1994
Love for Three Oranges
7.8/2
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Love for Three Oranges
2013
Tangerines
7.681/498
War in Abkhazia, 1992. An Estonian man Ivo has stayed behind to harvest his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict at his door, a wounded man is le...
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Tangerines
2014
August välja
6.5/1
A short film about an old actress Leida Rammo who tries to complete an unfinished theatre house project.
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August välja
2012
Demons
8/1
When Joko, Ants and Reeda, all in their own good reasons, first enter a casino, they can't possibly be aware of the very existence of the demons insid...
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Demons
1993
Marraskuun harmaa valo
5.7/3
Kari Syysmäki, a Finnish Businessman is on a vacation with his wife in Tallinn. When his wife is away a young man enters their hotel room with a gun....
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Marraskuun harmaa valo
2018
Portugal
1/1
Karina and Martin are in a pleasent relation where everyday life flows in an effortlessly accustomed way and no small misbehaviours can shake it’s rus...
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Portugal
2020
Dawn of War
6.3/13
A historical spy-thriller set in 1939 about an Estonian intelligence agent tasked with uncovering the Soviet double agent in their ranks.
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Dawn of War
1990
Ainus pühapäev
0/0
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Ainus pühapäev
1993
Prompter
3.5/2
The last film directed by Kaljo Kiisk has been dedicated to theatre and the people in theatre. You are entering the hectic world of musicians, zanies...
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Prompter
1991
For Crazies Only
4/4
A young man is taken to a small town hospital after a suicide attempt. Rita is a beautiful married Russian nurse taking care of him.
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For Crazies Only
2012
Mushrooming
5.8/12
Politician Aadu Kägu goes to the mushroom forest with his wife Viivi to rest his nerves from the reputation campaign. They are joined by a voter, penn...
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Mushrooming
2002
Names in Marble
5.917/18
Based on an acclaimed 1935 novel about the War of Liberation (1918-1920) that ensured Estonia's independence, the film tells about a group of young sc...
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Names in Marble
2012
Purge
6.726/53
Aliide experienced The Great Terror under Stalin’s regime, and decades after her hometown people were deported to Siberia, she lives alone in an isola...
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Purge
2022
Conversation
0/0
The Old Woman lives in a deep Estonian forest, alone and isolated. Her parents came here to settle to raise and educate their children in the right wa...
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