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Peeter Simm

Peeter Simm

Born: 1953-02-24 • Kiviõli, Kiviõli District, Tallinn Oblast, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Ida-Viru County, Estonia]

Peeter Simm (born February 24, 1953; Kiviõli – March 12, 2026) was an Estonian film director.

Peeter Simm studied at Nõo Secondary School in a physics class and graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow (cum laude) in 1976 with a degree in feature film directing.

From 1975 to 1993, Simm worked at Tallinnfilm, first as an assistant director, then as a feature film director.

In 1993, he founded the studio Lege Artis Film. As a director, he collaborated with many studios. He also directed in the theater, made language training and advertising films, television programs, etc.

He worked as a visiting professor of film directing at the Baltic Institute of Film, Media, Arts and Communication.

Filmography
Wishes from the Well poster
Wishes from the Well
2022 • Shop Guest
Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky poster
Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky
2012 • Self
In One Hundred Years in May poster
In One Hundred Years in May
1987 • Member of the Court Martial #5
The Song of the Summer poster
The Song of the Summer
1982
Christmas in Vigala poster
Christmas in Vigala
1981 • Konstantin Päts
The Blue Carbuncle poster
The Blue Carbuncle
1980
Daisy Petal Game poster
Daisy Petal Game
1978 • Poacher #1 (segment "Poacher")