Elmo Nüganen

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.

Elmo Nüganen studied at Drama School at Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Training under Kalju Komissarov is recorded. The recorded working language is Estonian and Russian. Employment is recorded with Drama School at Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and Tallinn City Theatre. Works named in the authority record are Names in Marble, Mindless, 1944, Melchior the Apothecary, Melchior the Apothecary. Distinctions recorded are Order of the White Star, 3rd Class, Voldemar Panso Award, Ants Lauter Award and Baltic Star.

• Name — Elmo Nüganen • Landscape — yes • Born — 15 February 1962 • Birthplace — Jõhvi, then part of Estonian SSR, Soviet Union • Occupation — * Theatre director • film director • actor • Years Active — 1990 – present • Notable Works — Names in Marble 1944 • Spouse — Anne Reemann • Children — 3 • Awards — Estonian Annual Theatre Award for Best Director (1992, 1995, 2000, 2007, 2010) Estonian National Cultural Award (1996, 1999, 2009)

Nüganen is of Ingrian Finnish descent. He is married to actress Anne Reemann. They have three daughters, Saara, Maria-Netti, and Sonja.

Director • Year — Title (Estonian) — Title (English) • 2002 — Nimed marmortahvlil — Names in Marble • 2006 — Meeletu — Mindless • 2015 — 1944 • 2022 — Apteeker Melchior — Melchior the Apothecary • Apteeker Melchior. Viirastus — Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost • Apteeker Melchior. Timuka tütar — Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter Actor • Year — Title (Estonian) — Title (English) — Role • 1990 — Ainus pühapäev — The Only Sunday — Aleks • Ainult hulludele ehk halastajaõde — Only For the Insane, or Sister of Mercy — Rhine Militia • 1992 — Mälestus sinistes kildudes. Bernard Kangro — A Memory in Blue Fragments. Bernard Kangro — Joonatan • 1993 — Suflöör — The Prompter — Robert • Marraskuun harmaa valo — The Grey Light of November • 1994 — Armastus kolme apelsini vastu — Love for Three Oranges • 1997 — Kapsapea 2 ehk Tagasi Euroopasse — Cabbage Head 2, or Back to Europe — Voice • 2002 — Nimed marmortahvlil — Names in Marble — Armed Train Commander • 2012 — Seenelkäik — Mushrooming — Gas Station Salesman • Puhastus — Purge — Father • Deemonid — Demons — Stranger • 2013 — Mandariinid — Tangerines — Margus • 2017 — Lotte lood — Lotte's Stories — Lotte's Grandfather • 2018 — Portugal — The Boss • 2020 — O2 — Major Kurg • 2025 — Ühemõõtmeline mees — One-Dimensional Man — Investigator

Elmo Nüganen is recorded as having received Order of the White Star, 3rd Class, Voldemar Panso Award and Ants Lauter Award.