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Elbert Tuganov

Elbert Tuganov

Born: 1920-02-22 • Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]

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.

Filmography
Kings of the Time poster
Kings of the Time
2008 • Self