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    Elmo Nüganen

    1962-02-15 (62 years old) in 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.

    Movies

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    Conversation
    0 %|Nov 14, 2022
    Drama
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    Dawn of War
    63 %|Oct 6, 2020
    Thriller
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    Portugal
    10 %|Apr 12, 2018
    Adventure, Drama
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    August välja
    65 %|Jan 8, 2014
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    Tangerines
    76.9 %|Oct 16, 2013
    Drama, War
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    Demons
    80 %|Nov 9, 2012
    Drama
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    Mushrooming
    58 %|Sep 21, 2012
    Adventure, Thriller, Comedy
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    Purge
    67.55 %|Sep 7, 2012
    Drama, History
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    Father, Son and Holy Theatre
    0 %|Jan 19, 2010
    Documentary
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    Names in Marble
    59 %|Nov 1, 2002
    Drama, Romance, War, History
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    Love for Three Oranges
    78 %|Sep 12, 1994
    Comedy
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    Marraskuun harmaa valo
    57 %|Apr 23, 1993
    Drama, Crime
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    Prompter
    35 %|Apr 19, 1993
    Drama
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    For Crazies Only
    40 %|Feb 18, 1991
    Drama
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    Sunday Only
    0 %|May 20, 1990
    Drama

    Series

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    Lotte's Stories
    0 %|Oct 17, 2017
    Kids, Family