Elmo Nüganen
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.
Acting
Movie
Tangerines
as Margus
2013
Movie
Purge
as Father
2012
Movie
Names in Marble
as Armored Train Commander
2002
Movie
Dawn of War
as Major Kurg
2020
Movie
Mushrooming
as Gas Station Attendant
2012
Movie
Marraskuun harmaa valo
as Tõnu Valjus
1993
Movie
For Crazies Only
1991
Movie
Love for Three Oranges
as Pantalone
1994
Movie
Prompter
as Robert
1993
Movie
Portugal
as Boss
2018
Movie
August välja
as Himself
2014
Movie
Demons
as Stranger
2012
Movie
Sunday Only
1990
Movie
One-Dimensional Man
as Investigator
2025
Movie
Conversation
2022
Movie
Father, Son and Holy Theatre
2010
Movie
Rebel with a Bow Tie
as Self (uncredited)
2025
Movie
Serafima
2027
TV
Lotte's Stories
as Lotte's Grandfather
2017
TV
Kalamaja Blues
as Neighbor
2023
Crew
Movie
1944
Director
2015
Movie
Names in Marble
Screenplay
2002
Movie
Melchior the Apothecary
Director
2022
Movie
Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost
Director
2022
Movie
Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter
Director
2023
Movie
Mindless
Director
2006
Movie
Love for Three Oranges
Producer
1994
Movie
Burattino
Director
2002