About

Known credits:
29
Birthday:
1962-02-15
Place of birth:
Jõhvi, Estonian SRR, USSR [now Estonia]
Website:
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Elmo Nüganen

Overview

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

Acting
2022 Conversation Actor N/A
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2020 Dawn of War Actor Major Kurg 59
Average
2018 Portugal Actor Boss 58
Average
2014 August välja Actor Himself 59
Average
2013 Tangerines Actor Margus 68
Fair
2012 Demons Actor Stranger 58
Average
2012 Mushrooming Actor Gas Station Attendant 59
Average
2012 Purge Actor Father 59
Average
2010 Father, Son and Holy Theatre Actor N/A
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2002 Names in Marble Actor Armored Train Commander 59
Average
1994 Love for Three Oranges Actor Pantalone 59
Average
1993 Marraskuun harmaa valo Actor Tõnu Valjus 58
Average
1993 Prompter Actor Robert 58
Average
1991 For Crazies Only Actor 58
Average
1990 Sunday Only Actor N/A
N/A

Directing
2023 Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter Directing Director 58
Average
2022 Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost Directing Director 59
Average
2022 Melchior the Apothecary Directing Director 59
Average
2015 1944 Directing Director 60
Fair
2006 Mindless Directing Director 58
Average
2002 Names in Marble Directing Director 59
Average
2002 Burattino Directing Director N/A
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1994 Love for Three Oranges Directing Director 59
Average

Writing
2023 Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter Writing Screenplay 58
Average
2022 Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2022 Melchior the Apothecary Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2006 Mindless Writing Screenplay 58
Average
2002 Names in Marble Writing Screenplay 59
Average

Production
1994 Love for Three Oranges Production Producer 59
Average