Person Details

Birthday: 1982-11-01 22:42:12

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Tallinn, Estonia

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Movie Involvements: 12

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

Tanel Toom (born 1 November 1982) is an Estonian director and screenwriter. Toom studied filmmaking at Tallinn University, graduating with a BA in 2005. After that, he worked as a director for commercials and as a first assistant director. In 2008, he completed his fourth short film, The Second Coming, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The apocalyptical war drama has since been screened at numerous film festivals and won several awards, including Best European Short at the Arcipelago International Film Festival. The same year, he decided to continue his studies at the National Film and Television School in England. He graduated from the NFTS with an MA in 2010 and shortly after that his diploma film The Confession won the Student Academy Award for Honorary Foreign Film and got him an Academy Award nomination for Live Action Short Film.

Most Famous Work

Last Sentinel
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6

Last Sentinel

(2023) VFX Artist
Truth and Justice
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8

Truth and Justice

(2019) Writer
The Confession
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7

The Confession

(2010) Writer
Georg
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5

Georg

(2007) Second Assistant Director
Ruudi
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6

Ruudi

(2006) First Assistant Director
The Second Coming
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0

The Second Coming

(2008) Writer
Set Point
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3

Set Point

(2004) Second Assistant Director

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Director
2019 Director
2010 Director
2008 Director
2007 Second Assistant Director
2006 First Assistant Director
2004 Second Assistant Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Visual Effects

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 VFX Artist
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2019 Writer
2010 Writer
2008 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Editing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2008 Editor
Year Role Movie/Tv

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