Peeter Urbla (born 2 June 1945 in
Türi) is an
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
n film director, producer, and screenwriter.
In 1969, he graduated from the
University of Tartu
The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country. in art history. In 1977, he finished a two-year program for screenwriters and directors in
Moscow
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...
.
From 1976 to 1989, he worked as a film director and screenwriter at
Tallinnfilm
Tallinnfilm () is the oldest surviving film studio in Estonia. It was founded as Estonian Culture Film in 1931, and was nationalized in 1940 after Estonia was integrated into the Soviet Union. During the first year of Soviet occcupation (1940 ...
and at
Eesti Telefilm. In 1992, he founded the independent film studio
Exitfilm.
Selected filmography
* (1992)
* (1994)
* ''
'' (2002, producer)
* ''
Lilya 4-ever'' (2002, associate producer)
* ''
Shop of Dreams'' (2005)
* (2006, producer)
* ''Camino'' (2011)
* ''1943'' (2012)
* ''Dora Gordine: Ars gratia artis'' (2014)
* (2015)
* ''Mausoleum'' (2016)
* (2016)
* (2018)
* (2019)
* ''Cerberus'' (2020)
* (2020, producer)
References
Living people
1945 births
Estonian film directors
Estonian screenwriters
Estonian film producers
University of Tartu alumni
Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class
People from Türi
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