Elmo Nüganen
Born: 1962-02-15 in Jõhvi, Kohtla-Järve District, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Ida-Viru County, Estonia]
Known For: Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2025
- One-Dimensional Man as Investigator
- Rebel with a Bow Tie as Self (uncredited)
2023
- Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter ... (Director)
- Kalamaja Blues as Neighbor
2022
- Conversation
- Melchior the Apothecary ... (Director)
- Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost ... (Director)
2020
- Dawn of War as Major Kurg
2018
- Portugal as Boss
2017
- Lotte's Stories as Lotte's Grandfather
2015
- 1944 ... (Director)
2014
- August välja as Himself
2013
- Tangerines as Margus
2012
- Purge as Father
- Demons as Stranger
- Mushrooming as Gas Station Attendant
2006
- Mindless ... (Director)
2002
- Names in Marble as Armored Train Commander
- Burattino ... (Director)
1994
- Love for Three Oranges as Pantalone
1993
- Prompter as Robert
- Marraskuun harmaa valo as Tõnu Valjus