1962Winner
Best Director
Two Stories
Elbert Tuganov
Actor · Director · Writer
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
February 22, 1920
Biography
Elbert Tuganov (February 22, 1922 – March 22, 2007) was an Azerbaijani-Estonian animator and film director. He is known as "the father of Estonian animation". Tuganov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan to an Estonian mother and an Ossetian father. In 1946 he joined with Tallinnfilm. In 1958 he created the first Estonian animated film Peetrikese unenägu.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1974Winner
Best Director
Bloody John
1970Nominee
Best Writing
Guguta
Career Highlights
2008Highlight
Best Performance
Kings of the Time
1960Highlight
Best Director
Fairy Tale in the Woods