Rein Kotov (born 17 February 1965 in Raasiku,

Harju County Harju County ( et, Harju maakond or ''Harjumaa''), is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in Northern Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the sou ...

) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...

n film operator and film editor. In 1991 he graduated from

Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...

. 1985-1993 he worked at Tallinnfilm. After that he is worked primarily for Allfilm. In 2014 he was awarded with

Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star ( et, Valgetähe teenetemärk; french: Ordre de l'Etoile Blanche) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Balti ...

, IV class.

Filmography

* 2015 "

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in No ...

" (feature film; operator) * 2015 "Tiibadeta piloot" (feature film; operator) * 2016 "Luuraja ja luuletaja" (feature film; operator) * 2018 "

Seltsimees laps ''The Little Comrade'' ( et, Seltsimees laps) is a 2018 Estonian film directed by Moonika Siimets and based on the novels ''Seltsimees laps ja suured inimesed'' ('The Little Comrade') and ''Samet ja saepuru ehk Seltsimees laps ja kirjatähed'' ( ...

" (feature film; operator) * 2019 "

Tõde ja õigus ''Truth and Justice'' ( et, Tõde ja õigus) I-V, written in 1926–1933, is a pentalogy by A. H. Tammsaare, considered to be his most famous work, and one of the foundational works in Estonian literature. Tammsaare's social epic captured t ...

" (feature film; operator)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kotov, Rein Living people 1965 births Estonian cinematographers Estonian film editors Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class People from Raasiku Parish