Director
Veiko Õunpuu
March 16, 1972 · Saaremaa, Estonia
Veiko Õunpuu (born March 16, 1972, in Saaremaa) is an Estonian film director and screenwriter who is best known for his artistic movies Autumn Ball (Sügisball, 2007) and The Temptation of St. Tony (Püha Tõnu kiusamine, 2009). Õunpuu's films are usually slow paced artistic movies with eccentric characters.
In 2006 he wrote and directed the independent short film Empty (Tühirand). In 2007 he adapted Mati Unt's novel Autumn Ball (Sügisball) that won the Horizon Award at the 64th Venice International Film Festival, which remains the highest international recognition an Estonian film has ever received.
Often works with
Juhan Ulfsak
6 titles together
The Temptation of St. Tony, Autumn Ball, The Last Ones
Taavi Eelmaa
5 titles together
The Temptation of St. Tony, Autumn Ball, The Last Ones
Rain Tolk
3 titles together
The Temptation of St. Tony, Autumn Ball, Empty
Sulevi Peltola
3 titles together
The Temptation of St. Tony, Autumn Ball, The Last Ones
Peeter Volkonski
3 titles together
The Temptation of St. Tony, Free Range, All My Lenins
Mirtel Pohla
3 titles together
Autumn Ball, Empty, Roukli
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The Last Ones
as Helmsman Bohlen and Director
2020
Kunst on ainus pääsetee. Konrad Mägi eluloofilm
cast
2020
Roukli
Director and Writer
2015
Free Range
Director
2013
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Writer and Director
2011
Rat Trap
as Fence Builder
2011
The Temptation of St. Tony
Director
20096.9
Autumn Ball
as Guitarist at the Restaurant (uncredited) and Director
20075.5
Empty
Director
2006
All My Lenins
cast
1997