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Elmo Nüganen


Elmo Nüganen, born 15 February 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 professor at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in 1998-2002 and 2008-2012. He directed the war films Names in Marble from 2002 and 1944 from 2015.1944 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.


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