Elmo Nüganen (born on date 15 February 1962 in
Jõhvi
Jõhvi ( ; ; ) is a town in northeastern Estonia, and the administrative seat of Ida-Viru County and Jõhvi Parish. The town is located about 50 km west of the Estonia–Russia international border.
History
Jõhvi was first mentioned as ...
) is an
Estonian
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* Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent
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theatre director
A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...
,
film director
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, and
actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
. He has been the artistic Director of the
Tallinn City Theatre
Tallinn City Theatre () is a repertory theatre located in the medieval old town of Tallinn, Estonia
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since 1992.
He was a graduate of the
Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (''Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia'') began as a mixed choir of the Estonia Society Musical Department (EMD) on the eve of World War I. The assembly of the Estonia Society created the Tallinn Higher Musi ...
in 1988 and then a professor at the academy from 1998–2002 and 2008–2012. He directed the war films ''
Names in Marble'' from 2002 and ''
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixt ...
'' from 2015.
''Names in Marble'' was seen by more than 168,000 people in Estonia and was selected for the 2003
Taormina Film Fest
Taormina Film Fest (TFF) is an annual film festival that takes place at Taormina, Sicily, Italy, in July. It was established in 1955 in Messina, and in 1957 became Rassegna Cinematografica Internazionale di Messina e Taormina, until it moved per ...
, 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.
Personal life
Nüganen is of
Ingrian Finnish descent.
He is married to actress
Anne Reemann. They have three daughters, Saara, Maria-Netti, and Sonja.
Filmography
External links
Elmo Nüganenat the Estonian Movie Database
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1962 births
20th-century Estonian male actors
21st-century Estonian male actors
Estonian film directors
Estonian male film actors
Estonian male stage actors
Estonian theatre directors
People from Jõhvi
Living people
Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni
Academic staff of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class
Estonian people of Finnish descent
People of Ingrian Finnish descent