Rein Raamat
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Rein Raamat is an Estonia
n animation film director, artist and screenwriter. He is the first internationally successful Estonian animator and along with Elbert Tuganov is regarded as the "Father of Estonian Animation". He has directed many short animated films since the early 1970s and also produced over 20 documentary films.
studio, and commenced making his own films. From 1989-1995 he was artistic director of Studio B which he established, employing some 120 people.
One of his notable films is Põrgu or Hell, released in 1983 in which he based the film on the art of fellow Estonian Eduard Wiiralt
from the 1930s.
Since the early 1990s he has been involved with many documentaries in Estonia. In 1998, he worked with journalist Martti Soosaar
in producing the documentary "Enn Põldroosi härrasmeeste seltskond".
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
n animation film director, artist and screenwriter. He is the first internationally successful Estonian animator and along with Elbert Tuganov is regarded as the "Father of Estonian Animation". He has directed many short animated films since the early 1970s and also produced over 20 documentary films.
Biography
Raamat graduated from the Estonian Art Institute in 1957 as a painter and between 1957-1971 worked as an artist and director in feature films based in Tallinn. In 1971, he founded his own animation studio, Joonisfilm, a division of the TallinnfilmTallinnfilm
Tallinnfilm is the oldest still functional film studio in Estonia. Originally founded as Estonian Culture Film in 1931, the studio was nationalized in 1940 after Estonia was forced into Soviet Union. During the first year of Soviet Occupation Eesti Kultuurfilm was taken over by the Communist Party...
studio, and commenced making his own films. From 1989-1995 he was artistic director of Studio B which he established, employing some 120 people.
One of his notable films is Põrgu or Hell, released in 1983 in which he based the film on the art of fellow Estonian Eduard Wiiralt
Eduard Wiiralt
Eduard Wiiralt was an Estonian artist.Eduard Wiiralt was born near St. Petersburg as the son of Estonian parents who worked on a Russian country estate...
from the 1930s.
Since the early 1990s he has been involved with many documentaries in Estonia. In 1998, he worked with journalist Martti Soosaar
Martti Soosaar
Martti Soosaar is an Estonian journalist and writer.The son of photographer Hans Soosaar, Soosaar graduated from Tartu University in journalism. He worked as a newspaper editor for Noorte Hääl. He featured in the Estonian Radio television sitcom "Õhtujutud" which consisted of interviews with the...
in producing the documentary "Enn Põldroosi härrasmeeste seltskond".
Selected filmography
- 1985 Kerjus (short)
- 1983 Põrgu (short)
- 1980 Tyll the Giant (short)
- 1978 Kas on ikka rasvane? (short)
- 1978 Põld (short)
- 1977 Antennid jääs (short)
- 1976 Kütt (short)
- 1975 Rüblik (short)
- 1974 Kilplased (short)
- 1974 Värvilind (short)
- 1973 Lend (short)
- 1972 Vari ja tee (short)
- 1972 Veekandja (short)