Sound Designers

Kaarel Tiidus

Heinrich Tilk

Kalev Timuska

Ranno Tislar

Peeter Tobbi

Simona Toleikyté

Eva-Maria Tommula

Enn Tomson

1941 - 2015

Carol Alice Tõniste

Raimi Tonts

1939

Harry Tõnuri

1921 - 1986

Tanel Toom

1982

Uku Toomet

1967

Tanel Toomsalu

Sten-Erik Toos

1986

Jaan Tootsen

1975

Film director, producer and journalist Jaan Tootsen was born on October 14, 1975. From 1994-1995, he studied at The Estonian Institute of Humanities, and from 1995-2000, at Tallinn University, which he graduated in radio production. Since 2000, he has been working at the Estonian Public Broadcasting. In 2012-2016, he worked as Cultural Advisor to the President of Estonia.

Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo

1976

Liina Trishkina studied comparative theory of culture in Estonian Institute of Humanities, and filmmaking in European Film College (Denmark) and Film School of Catalonia at Barcelona University. Currently working as a freelance director and editor of documentaries, features and TV-programmes.

Jevgeni Tšernov

Jevgeni Tshernov

Ahti Tubin

1961

Janne Turunen

Martti Turunen

Lauri-Dag Tüür

1981

Kersti Uibo

1956

Documentary film director and cameraperson Kersti Uibo was born on 22 September 1956 in Kilingi-Nõmme. In 1980 she graduated from the Maurice Thorez Institute of Foreign Languages in Moscow with a degree in English and German philology, in 1991 from University of London with a bachelor’s degree in history, and in 1995 from the National Film and Television School (NFTS) with a master’s degree in documentary directing. During Uibo’s studies at NFTS, the documentary directing course was run by the Italian-American Herb DiGioia, who is associated with the Direct Cinéma school of the sixties in the USA. One of the guest lecturers at NFTS was the legendary Richard Leacock.  From 1985-2015 Kersti Uibo lived and worked in London, since 2015 she has been living permanently in Tallinn. Since 1995 she has been a freelance documentary film director and film teacher.

Lukas Ujcik

Mihkel Ulk

1983

Mihkel Ulk (born 12.12.1983) is an Estonian film director. He graduated from Tallinn University’s Film studies BA program cum laude in 2006 and subsequently attended Baltic Film and Media School Masters programme, from which he graduated in 2010 as a Film director. He has directed commercials, short films, documentaries and several TV programmes. His feature film debut, «Zero Point», was the most watched Estonian film in 2014. In 2015 he received the Best Debut award in audio-visual art category at the Cultural Endowment of Estonia annual awards. The same year he was given the Outstanding Alumni award by Tallinn University.

Indrek Ulst

Avo Ulvik

1957

Robi Uppin

1978

Robi Uppin was born 1978 in Tallinn Estonia. When he was ten years old he moved to Sweden. There he found interest in movies, TV-games and electronic music. 2005 he went to Japan Tokyo to study the language and culture. In 2006 he started studies in Baltic Film and Media School as Audiovisual Media student. In 2012 he graduated studies in BFM in Documentary and Television masters program. He has been director, cinematographer and sound designer for many short documentaries, TV programs and fiction films. Filmography as director: short fiction “Rändaja”/”Wanderer” (2010), short documentary “Urban Tundra” (2011), “Viis nostalgiale”/Mood for Nostalgia” (2012), “Lauküla koit”/”Koit from Lauküla” (2012), “Mängur”/”HDTanel” (2015), “Kliimapagulased”/”Snowbirds” (2018).

Tom Olaf Urb

1985