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Johann Urb was born in Tallinn, Estonia, on 24 January 1977 into the family of Tarmo and Maris. When Johann was 10, he moved to Finland with his mother and her new husband. They lived in several small towns until they finally settled in Tampere. At the age of 17 Johann moved to his father's in New York, where he soon started a modeling career. In 2001, he landed a small part in the movie Zoolander (2001). After that, he did a role in the short movie Fear of Feathers (2003) and appeared in one episode of CSI: Miami (2002). In 2004, he got a part in the short-running TV-show The Mountain (2004). After that, he appeared as a guest on several TV shows and appeared in more minor film roles. In 2008, Johann got his first big film role in the much-hated The Hottie & the Nottie (2008). In 2009, things seemed to go up when he made a short but memorable appearance as the sexy, heroic pilot in Roland Emmerich's disaster epic 2012 (2009) and played a journalist in the fantasy TV series Eastwick (2009), which brought him critical recognition. At the moment, Johann has two romantic comedies in work.- Russian-Estonian actor Kirill Käro is active in Eastern Europe, especially in Russia, Ukraine and Estonia. He became widely known for the Ukrainian detective series Sniffer (2013). Kirill Käro plays a man, who has an unusually sensitive sense of smell that allows him to investigate crimes by detecting and distinguishing trace amounts of various substances.
At the end of 2010, at the peak of the Netflix trend, Kirill Käro played in two genre Russian TV series, that were watched by the whole world. The first show is android thriller series Better Than Us (2018), about a world where androids serve humans in various positions, even replacing them in many menial jobs. The second show is the post-apocalyptic thriller series To the Lake (2019) about the beginning of a terrible epidemic, where two families unite to survive in a new world, which coincided with the release date of the series in the year of isolation from Covid-19.
Kirill Käro's most successful project in his homeland, Estonia, is a sports biographical drama The Fencer (2015) about an Estonian fencer Endel Nelis, where Käro played a notable supporting role, a friend of Endel. The film was nominated for the Golden Globe award in the Best Foreign Language Film category as a Finnish-German-Estonian co-production. - Ivan Triesault was born on 13 July 1898 in Reval, Russian Empire [now Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia]. He was an actor, known for Notorious (1946), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and The Amazing Transparent Man (1960). He died on 3 January 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Pääru Oja was born on 16 May 1989 in Tallinn, Estonia. He is an actor, known for Mihkel (2018), The Last Ones (2020) and Lõks (2018).
- Born in 1916 as the eldest child of a German-Baltic aristocrat, Baroness Irene Isabella Margarete Pauline Caecila von Meyendorff actually never planned to become a movie star. When the Russian Revolution broke out, the family escaped to Germany, where Irene's mother Elisabeth left her conservative husband with the children to live a very unconventional life in the theatre circles of Weimar/Thuringia. In the early 1930's Irene came to Berlin to work as a cutter in the UFA film studios of Babelsberg. As a breathtaking beautiful, ice-cold blond young woman she would have been the ideal star for Alfred Hitchcock movies. But these were the 1930's and she lived in Nazi Germany. When she was discovered for the screen, her debut was only a mediocre swashbuckler movie - which unexpectedly made her a star. Her best part maybe was the noble Hamburg Patrician daughter Octavia in Veit Harlan's Opfergang (1944). She never was a sympathizer of the Nazi system. Her first husband, Dr. Heinz Zahler, was a member of the Kreisau Circle, a group of religious motivated anti-Nazi-bourgeois. Her beauty attracted Joseph Goebbels, minister of propaganda, who got a harsh rebuff by her ("You would degrade me - and you would degrade yourself"). Joseph Goebbels's infamous nick name "Bock von Babelsberg" (the old horny goat of Babelsberg) was Irene's creation. After the war she only played minor parts in German films. In 1961 she met British actor James Robertson Justice, fell in love with him and left her second husband Pit Severin, a journalist from Hamburg, to follow James Robertson Justice to England. It was 1968 when she returned a last time to screen for a small part in the costume drama Mayerling (1968). She never was interested to continue her career. 8 years after James Robertson Justice's death in 1975, she met and later married philanthropist Keith Bromley. Even at the age of 70 she sailed to the Artic and the Orinoco River. On September 28, 2001, she died in Hampshire after a full, remarkable life.
- Born in 1931, Narda became friends with Robert I. McCarthy when she was an eleven-year-old laundress for McCarthy's anti-aircraft battalion in Bonn.
In 1944, she was a child actress in Estonia. To escape the Russians, she, her grandparents, her mother and 2-year-old brother took to the sea bound for Sweden. Picked up as Germans, they were taken to Danzig. Amidst much confusion, because they spoke fluent German they were able to meld into the daily life there. The Onyx family later made their way to the American occupied forces at Bonn and sought refuge with the Swedish Red Cross. Later the family moved to Sweden; Narda resumed her acting career. Traveling to England where she worked for the Old Vic Company.
She then went to Canada to perform on stage and television. After appearing in some 70 television shows over the past six years, on October 20, 1961, she became an American citizen. While in Canada she met and married George Virand, also an Estonian refuge, where they moved to Hollywood. - Director
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Popular singer and TV host. Member of the Estonian National Opera (both as a singer and as stage director). Enthusiast of Gilbert and Sullivan, whose work he often performs in the UK. Has released several albums in many countries. Has also written best selling novels in English and Estonian. Was presented to HRH Queen Elizabeth in 2006. The knight of the order of St. Stanislaus. Has produced and directed several stage successes at the Estonian National Opera. Established his production company FilMinistry OÜ in 2016, presenting the well received horror drama Behind the Random Denominator and the epic TV history drama The Whores, in 2017.- Anastasiya Evgrafova was born on 17 October 1990 in Tallinn, Estonia. She is an actress, known for Igra na vyzhivanie (2020), Vyzhivshie. Ogni (2021) and The End of a Beautiful Epoch (2015).
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- Production Designer
Priit Pärn was born on 26 August 1946 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. He is a writer and director, known for Elu ilma Gabriella Ferrita (2008), 1895 (1995) and Eine murul (1987).- Actor
- Producer
Ivo Uukkivi was born on 11 October 1965 in Tallinn, Estonia. He is an actor and producer, known for Tenet (2020), Süvahavva (2012) and Infinite Summer.- Jette Loona Hermanis was born in 1997 in Tallinn, Estonia. She is an actress, known for November (2017), Embodiment (2020) and On Air: Purity, Corruption & Pollution.
- Anita Yoo (born Anita Smirnova) is an Estonian actress. She was born and raised in Tallinn, Estonia. She is of Russian, Korean and Ukrainian descent.
Anita moved to Shanghai, China at the age of nineteen to study Mandarin Chinese and attended the prestigious Fudan University. She quickly started booking roles for Chinese film and TV productions. She acted in over 25 projects in China. The show "One Boat One World", where she played Phyl Decard, was number one in the television charts and had over one billion views.
She is based in Los Angeles, California. - Producer
- Director
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Born in Estonia, Peeter has studied, worked and lived around the world, including USA and the UK. His directing portfolio includes feature films Firebird (2021), Sailing to Freedom (in development), documentaries Tashi Delek! (2015) and Robbie Williams: Fans Journey to Tallinn (BBC Worldwide, 2014) as well as numerous music videos including Moby's "Wait for Me" and Pet Shop Boys' "Together."
Peeter produced and directed the 22-camera concert film Robbie Williams: Live in Tallinn (2013). He has also produced the 2010 European Film Awards, the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest, and hundreds of shows in the Baltic region for various artists including Elton John, Bob Dylan, Madonna, Sting, Lady Gaga, Metallica, Queen, and others. In 2013, Peeter was named Entrepreneur of the Year in Estonia.
Peeter has been a jury member at various film festivals including Black Nights Film Festival and Cape Town International Film Festival.
He studied as an exchange student at Oxford and graduated from Harvard cum laude in economics, psychology and visual arts. After a career as a producer, he went on to study directing at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts and trained in acting for directors at Judith Weston's studio. Peeter has travelled the world, sailing around Cape Horn, crossing the Atlantic & Pacific four times, and hiking the mountains of Tibet. He has a global perspective and a passion for telling local human stories with a universal resonance.- Pavel Vorozhtsov was born on 30 April 1980 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Liquidation (2007), Rikoshet (2020) and To the Lake (2019).
- Kaja Kallas was born on 18 June 1977 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. She has been married to Arvo Hallik since 2018. They have two children. She was previously married to Roomet Leiger.
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Ants Tammik's obsession with the visual world started in 2005 when he discovered the art of photography and therefore a whole new world around him. It was also a tool to navigate through the confusing times of adolescence. What initially started as a hobby drew the boy in so deep it soon became his life.
Spending every euro, every minute perfecting his craft, Ants was soon winning awards and praise from his peers.
After the development of the DSLR camera, Ants became fascinated by the moving image so he enrolled in the Baltic Film and media school in Tallinn, Estonia. An academic underachiever in high school, Ants consumed everything the school had to offer in those 3 years. His passion helped him achieve academic success and helped secure a seat at FAMU in Prague.
Ants graduated in 2013, diving in to complex projects that conveyed a social message and challenged him on both a technical and psychological level. His first author piece - A fragile world premiered in 2016, a poetic environmental documentary that won many national and international awards. The film opened eyes and doors with fellow filmmakers and gave Ants exciting opportunities to DOP documentaries and features, which he is truly passionate about.
Today Ants's work has been shown at Sundance, Cannes, Camera Image and other prestigious film festivals, winning him countless accolades. Ants likes to create his visual worlds in a natural environment, mixing in staged elements. Ants says a bit of control in an uncontrollable situation is like magic that makes the piece unique. We just have to learn how to see, feel and direct these reoccurring situations while remaining undetected.- Liliyan Malkina was born on 14 July 1938 in Tallinn, Estonia. She is an actress, known for Hostel: Part II (2007), The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996) and Le sourire du clown (1999).
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- Soundtrack
Jüri Järvet (born as Georgi Kuznetsov) was a highly prolific and respected Estonian screen and stage actor. He was born in Tallinn. His mother moved to Moscow in 1920. Jüri stayed to live in family's friend who later gave him into an orphanage. At the age of five he was taken into a family with three children though his new parents didn't adopt him officially. In 1936 he changed his birth name to Jüri Järvet.
Jüri got his first acting experience in the fourth grade were he had a non speaking part in school play. His next role came in sixth grade. He also appeared in five real theatre plays at his school years but he was replaced when he turned sixteen thus making him too old for the parts. After high school he worked as a messenger in factory's office.
In 1941 during the Soviet occupation in Estonia, he was drafted into Soviet Red Army but was later demobilized. After war Jüri worked as a dancer in Noorsooteater but he felt that dancing isn't something he would like to do so in 1944 he started to study acting and in 1945 he got his first role. Beside his studies he also did editorial work in radio.
His most famous film roles came in 1970s as made title role in Grigoriy Kozintsev's powerful King Lear (1970) (King Lear). In 1972 he played Dr. Snaut in Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris (1972) and in 1979 he played the owner of the hotel in Grigori Kromanov's cult film _'Hukkunud Alpinisti' hotell (1979)_ (The Dead Mountaineer Hotel).
Jüri Järvet was married twice. In 1948-1958 he was married with actress Inna Taarna. In 1955 their first son Jüri Järvet Jr. was born. In 1958 he married with oncologist Astrid. Couple had daughter Jana in 1960. Jüri died on July 5th 1995 in Tallinn.- Cinematographer
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Mart Taniel was born in 1976 in Tallinn. He graduated in cinematography from the University of Tallinn and Prague's FAMU Film School. In 2017, Mart Taniel received the highest international honor given to cinematographers, the ASC Spotlight Award, for "November". That same film won Best Cinematography at the Tribeca IFF for its "particularly audacious [cinematography] and supreme command of its visual language." Mart Taniel is one of the most remarkable Estonian cinematographers. Several award-winning films have his handprint, including the Venice Orizzonti prize-winning "Autumn Ball" (2007, directed by Veiko Õunpuu) and "The Temptation of St. Tony" (2010, directed by Veiko Õunpuu), which premiered internationally at the Sundance IFF International Competition. Taniel is also the cinematographer of Rainer Sarnet's films "The Idiot" (2011) and "November" (2017). He shot "FREE RANGE/ Ballad on Approving of the World" (2013, directed by Veiko Õunpuu), which premiered at the Berlinale Forum and received the award for "most beautiful film" from the Estonian Cultural Endowment. Taniel's other awards include the Black Nights Film Festival and Estonian Cultural Endowment prizes for Best Cinematographer of the Year, the 2morrow IFF/Zavtra Glass Eye Award for cinematography and the Best Cinematography Award from the Transylvania IFF International Competition. "The Man Who Surprised Everyone" is Taniel's second cooperation with directors Natalya Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov. The film premiered in Venice IFF in 2018- Elina Benenson was born in 1986 in Tallinn, Estonia. She is an actress, known for Lilya 4-Ever (2002).
- Nelli Pshyonnaya was born on 1 January 1947 in Tallinn, USSR. She is an actress, known for Office Romance (1977), Knyaz Igor (1969) and Komandir (2024).
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Roland Laos was born on 28 October 1986 in Tallinn, Estonia. He is an actor and writer, known for The Class (2007), The Polar Boy (2016) and Chasing Unicorns (2019).- Actress
- Manager
Miss Palmiste is a leading actress of the Estonian State Drama Theater, known also for her many roles in TV and films. She has won numerous awards, including The Best TV Actress for her portrayal of Madame Kukk in the award winning TV series The Whores, at the Kroonika Entertainment Awards 2018. She has often been selected as the most elegant Estonian actress. She has also appeared in musicals (such as Chicago) and in operetta (such as in Ball at the Savoy, at the Estonian National Opera).- Actor
- Art Department
- Art Director
Nils Moritz was born on 5 May 1943 in Tallinn, Estonia. He is an actor and art director, known for T. Sventon praktiserande privatdetektiv (1989), Beck (1997) and T. Sventon och fallet Isabella (1991).- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Grigori Kromanov was born on 8 March 1926 in Tallinn, Estonia. He was a director and actor, known for Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (1979), Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (1975) and The Last Relic (1969). He was married to Irena Veisaite. He died on 18 July 1984 in Lahe, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union [now Estonia].