Actor

Elbert Tuganov

Directing

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Movies: 39Series: 0Crew credits: 38

TMDB ID: 1337378

IMDb ID: nm0876216

Known for: Directing

Born: February 22, 1920

Died: March 22, 2007

Age: 87

Place of birth: Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1955 - 2008

Years active: 54

Wikidata: Q1325282

Also known as

Э. Туганов • Elbert Tuganow • E. Tuganov

Other jobs

Director (29)Writer (7)Assistant Camera (1)Visual Effects Camera (1)

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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.