Rein Raamat (born 20 March 1931) is an

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n animation film director, artist and screenwriter. He is the first internationally successful Estonian animator and along with

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is regarded as the "Father of Estonian Animation". He has directed many short animated films since the early 1970s and also produced over 20 documentary films.

Biography

Raamat was born in

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, Järva County and graduated from the Estonian Art Institute in 1957 as a painter and between 1957–1971 worked as an artist and director in feature films based in Tallinn. In 1971, he founded his own animation studio, Joonisfilm, a division of the Tallinnfilm studio, and commenced making his own films. From 1989–1995 he was artistic director of Studio B which he established, employing some 120 people. One of his notable films is "Põrgu" (''Hell''), released in 1983, that he based on the art of fellow Estonian

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from the 1930s. Since the early 1990s he has been involved with many documentaries in Estonia. In 1998, he worked with journalist

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in producing the documentary "Enn Põldroosi härrasmeeste seltskond".

Selected filmography

*1985 "Kerjus" (short) *1983 "Põrgu" (short) *1980 "Suur Tõll" (short) *1978 "Kas on ikka rasvane?" (short) *1978 "Põld" (short) *1977 "Antennid jääs" (short) *1976 "Kütt" (short) *1975 "Rüblik" (short) *1974 "Kilplased" (short) *1974 "Värvilind" (short) *1973 "Lend" (short) *1972 "Vari ja tee" (short) *1972 "Veekandja" (short)

References

External links

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Biography at Toonzone.net"Põrgu" (''Hell'') (1983) video
{{DEFAULTSORT:Raamat, Rein 1931 births Living people Estonian film directors Estonian screenwriters 20th-century Estonian male artists 21st-century Estonian male artists People from Türi Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class Estonian animated film directors Estonian animators