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.

Known For: Directing

Born: Jõhvi, Estonian SRR, USSR [now Estonia], 1962-02-15

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1990	Sunday Only		0
2	1991	For Crazies Only		40
3	1993	Prompter	Robert	35
4	1993	Marraskuun harmaa valo	Tõnu Valjus	57
5	1994	Love for Three Oranges	Pantalone	78
6	2002	Names in Marble	Armored Train Commander	59
7	2010	Father, Son and Holy Theatre		0
8	2012	Purge	Father	68
9	2012	Mushrooming	Gas Station Attendant	58
10	2012	Demons	Stranger	80
11	2013	Tangerines	Margus	77
12	2014	August välja	Himself	65
13	2018	Portugal	Boss	10
14	2020	Dawn of War	Major Kurg	62
15	2022	Conversation		0
16		One-Dimensional Man	Investigator	0
17	2025	Rebel with a Bow Tie	Self (uncredited)	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2017	Lotte's Stories	Lotte's Grandfather	0
2	2023	Kalamaja Blues	Neighbor	0

Elmo Nüganen

Film

Television