Mati Põldre (23 October 1936 – 7 February 2023) was an Estonian film director, scenarist and operator. Põldre was born in

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. From 1968 he worked at

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. During the 1990s he worked at film production company Lege Artis Film. Põldre was married to journalist, screenwriter and politician

Ela Tomson Ela Tomson (born Ela Liimeon; 16 February 1945) is an Estonian television journalist, editor, screenwriter, and politician. She was a member of X Riigikogu. Early life and career Tomson was born in Pärnu. She is a 1967 graduate of Tartu State Un ...

. He died on 7 February 2023, at the age of 86.

Filmography

* 1968: ''Meie Artur'' (documentary film; co-director, cinematographer and co-scenarist) * 1969: ''Perpetuum mobile'' (TV short film; director) * 1969: ''Mitte üksnes leivast'' (TV film; co-director) * 1970: '' Echoes of the Past'' (feature film; co-scenarist) * 1977: ''Igavesti Teie'' (TV film; director) * 1984: ''Kevad südames'' (feature film; director and scenarist) * 1992: '' Those Old Love Letters'' (feature film; director and scenarist) * 2007: '' Georg'' (feature film; scenarist)

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* 1936 births 2023 deaths Soviet film directors Soviet screenwriters Soviet male screenwriters Estonian film directors Estonian screenwriters Film people from Tallinn Communist Party of Estonia politicians Soviet documentary film directors Estonian documentary film directors Soviet cinematographers Estonian cinematographers {{Estonia-bio-stub