Peeter Simm
Born: 1953-02-24 in Kiviõli, Kiviõli District, Tallinn Oblast, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Ida-Viru County, Estonia]
Died: 2026-03-12
Known For: Directing
Biography
Peeter Simm (born February 24, 1953; Kiviõli – March 12, 2026) was an Estonian film director. Peeter Simm studied at Nõo Secondary School in a physics class and graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow (cum laude) in 1976 with a degree in feature film directing. From 1975 to 1993, Simm worked at Tallinnfilm, first as an assistant director, then as a feature film director. In 1993, he founded the studio Lege Artis Film. As a director, he collaborated with many studios. He also directed in the theater, made language training and advertising films, television programs, etc. He worked as a visiting professor of film directing at the Baltic Institute of Film, Media, Arts and Communication.
Filmography
2022
- Wishes from the Well as Shop Guest
2021
- On the Water ... (Director)
2012
- Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky as Self
- Lonely Island ... (Director)
2007
- Georg ... (Director)
2005
- Fed Up! ... (Director)
2001
- Like an Arrow ... (Director)
- Good Hands ... (Director)
- Elu pärast maailmalõppu ... (Director)
1998
- Standing by the Forest ... (Director)
1994
- American Mountains ... (Director)
1991
- Our Russians ... (Director)
1990
- A Man Who Never Was ... (Director)
1989
- The Baltic Way ... (Director)
1988
- Dance Around the Steam Boiler ... (Director)
1987
- In One Hundred Years in May as Member of the Court Martial #5
1986
- Puud olid... ... (Director)
1984
- Täna õhtul... as Self
1983
- Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter ... (Director)
- The Next Pick ... (Director)
1981
- The Ideal Landscape ... (Director)
- Christmas in Vigala as Konstantin Päts
- Multicolored Fairies ... (Director)
1980
1979
- Siren ... (Director)
1978
- Daisy Petal Game as Poacher #1 (segment "Poacher")
- Stereo ... (Director)
1974
- All Amongst Friends ... (Director)