Ülo Pikkov (born 15 June 1976 in

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) is an

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n animator, film director and producer. In 1998 he graduated from

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School of Art and Media. In 2005 he graduated from

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in law. In 2011 he began his doctoral studies at the

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. He defended his doctorate in 2018 with his work "Anti-Animation, the Peculiarities of Eastern European Animated Film". Between 2007 and 2011, Pikkov was the chairman of the audiovisual arts endowment of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia. Until 2016, he was an associate professor in the animation department of the Estonian Academy of Arts. He has written and illustrated books, as well as published

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and illustrations in the press. Since 2006 he has worked in film production company Silmviburlane. His spouse is film director Heilika Pikkov.

Selected filmography

* ''Cappuccino'' (1996) * ''Rumba'' (1996) * ''Year of the Monkey'' (2003) * ''

Frank and Wendy ''Frank and Wendy'' () is a 2005 Estonian animated film directed by Kaspar Jancis, Ülo Pikkov, and Priit Tender. It was released on December 3, 2004 (Black Nights Film Festival), March 25, 2005 (Estonia) Plot Two FBI agents investigate Nazis an ...

'' (with

Priit Tender Priit Tender (born 1971 in Tallinn) is an Estonian animator and animated film director. His animation films have won numerous prizes from international animation film festivals. Since 2019, he has been the head of the animation department of the ...

Kaspar Jancis Kaspar Jancis (born 8 May 1975) is an Estonian director of animated films, musician, composer. Kaspar Jancis was born in Tallinn as the son of Latvian pianist and Estonian ballet master, dancer and screenwriter Mai Murdmaa. Jancis' brother is ...

and

Priit Pärn Priit Pärn (born 26 August 1946 in Tallinn) is an Estonian cartoonist and animation director whose films have enjoyed success among critics as well as the public at various film festivals. Pärn formerly worked as a plant ecologist; his car ...

; 2003-2005)

References

1976 births Living people Estonian animators Estonian animated film directors 21st-century Estonian illustrators Estonian caricaturists Estonian editorial cartoonists Estonian magazine cartoonists Estonian magazine illustrators Estonian film producers Estonian Academy of Arts alumni Academic staff of the Estonian Academy of Arts University of Tartu alumni Film people from Tallinn {{Estonia-bio-stub