Directed credits
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Regular directing credits.

Directing
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Directed credits
6
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Regular directing credits.
TMDB popularity
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TMDB ID: 137688
IMDb ID: nm0639297
Known for: Directing
Born: February 15, 1962
Age: 64
Place of birth: Jõhvi, Kohtla-Järve District, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Ida-Viru County, Estonia]
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1990 - 2025
Years active: 36
Average TMDB rating: 7.09
Wikidata: Q11857537
Frequent jobs
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 directed by Elmo Nüganen.
Highest rated movies linked with Elmo Nüganen.
Most viewed movie titles linked with Elmo Nüganen.
as Margus
as Investigator
as Robert
Director
Director
as Father
Director
as Tõnu Valjus
Director
Director
as Major Kurg
Most viewed series linked with Elmo Nüganen.
Additional movie credits for Elmo Nüganen.
Movie cast credits for Elmo Nüganen.
as Investigator
as Self (uncredited)
as Major Kurg
as Boss
as Margus
as Stranger
as Gas Station Attendant
as Father
as Armored Train Commander
as Pantalone
Series cast credits for Elmo Nüganen.