Elmo Nüganen
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Elmo Nüganen

Born

February 15, 1962 (63 years old)

Known For

Directing

Place of Birth

Jõhvi, Estonian SRR, USSR [now Estonia]

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.

Rebel with a Bow Tie

Rebel with a Bow Tie

Self (uncredited)

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2025

Conversation

Conversation

0.0

2022

Dawn of War

Dawn of War

Major Kurg

6.2

2020

Portugal

Portugal

Boss

1.0

2018

Lotte's Stories

Lotte's Stories

Lotte's Grandfather · (1 episode)

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2017

August välja

Himself

6.5

2014

Tangerines

Tangerines

Margus

7.7

2013

Demons

Demons

Stranger

8.0

2012

Mushrooming

Mushrooming

Gas Station Attendant

5.8

2012

Purge

Purge

Father

6.8

2012

Father, Son and Holy Theatre

Father, Son and Holy Theatre

0.0

2010

Names in Marble

Names in Marble

Armored Train Commander

5.9

2002

Love for Three Oranges

Love for Three Oranges

Pantalone

7.8

1994

Marraskuun harmaa valo

Marraskuun harmaa valo

Tõnu Valjus

5.7

1993

Prompter

Prompter

Robert

3.5

1993

For Crazies Only

For Crazies Only

4.0

1991

Sunday Only

Sunday Only

0.0

1990

One-Dimensional Man

Investigator

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