Cast
Elbert Tuganov
Directing
Cast
Elbert Tuganov
Known for
Directing
Born
1920-02-22
From
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
Died
2007-03-22
Also known as Э. Туганов, Elbert Tuganow, E. Tuganov
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.
