Elmo Nüganen
Director · Actor · WriterElmo 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.
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- Serafima
Serafima
2027
One-Dimensional Man
2025
Investigator
Rebel with a Bow Tie
2025
Self (uncredited)
Conversation
2022
Dawn of War
2020
Major Kurg
Portugal
2018
Boss
- August välja
August välja
2014
Himself
Tangerines
2013
Margus
Mushrooming
2012
Gas Station Attendant
Purge
2012
Father
Demons
2012
Stranger
Father, Son and Holy Theatre
2010
Names in Marble
2002
Armored Train Commander
Love for Three Oranges
1994
Pantalone
Marraskuun harmaa valo
1993
Tõnu Valjus
Prompter
1993
Robert
For Crazies Only
1991
Sunday Only
1990
