Elmo Nüganen
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 15, 1962
- Birthplace
- Jõhvi, Kohtla-Järve District, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Ida-Viru County, 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.
Filmography
- Serafima
Serafima 2027
Actor
One-Dimensional Man 2025
as Investigator
Rebel with a Bow Tie 2025
as Self (uncredited)
Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter 2023
Director, Screenplay
Conversation 2022
Actor
Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost 2022
Director, Screenplay
Melchior the Apothecary 2022
Director, Screenplay
Dawn of War 2020
as Major Kurg
Portugal 2018
as Boss
1944 2015
Director
- August välja
August välja 2014
as Himself
Tangerines 2013
as Margus
Demons 2012
as Stranger
Mushrooming 2012
as Gas Station Attendant
Purge 2012
as Father
Father, Son and Holy Theatre 2010
Actor
Mindless 2006
Director, Screenplay
Names in Marble 2002
as Armored Train Commander, Director, Screenplay
Burattino 2002
Director
Love for Three Oranges 1994
as Pantalone, Producer, Director
Marraskuun harmaa valo 1993
as Tõnu Valjus
Prompter 1993
as Robert
For Crazies Only 1991
Actor
Sunday Only 1990
Actor
Credits from TMDB.