A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Born:
October 23, 1973
Jaak Kilmi (born October 23, 1973 in Tallinn) is an Estonian film director, screenwriter and producer. In 1998 he graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical University's film school. Since 2001, Kilmi has been teaching documentary studies to scenography students at the Estonian Academy of Arts
"B" Camera Operator:
2015 Out of Fashion
Camera Operator:
2009 Disco and Atomic War
2015 Out of Fashion
Cinematography:
2009 Disco and Atomic War
2015 Christ lives in Siberia
2015 Out of Fashion
Director:
1995 Ta-ram, ta-ram
1999 Happy Landing
1999 The Human Camera
2000 Suur õde
2001 Beauty of Fatherland
2001 Elf Disco
2003 A Living Force
2004 Revolution of Pigs
2005 Touched by the Unknown
2006 The Art of Selling
2006 Uncaught Miracle
2009 Disco and Atomic War
2011 Tallinn Spiced Sprats: The Canned Tales
2011 That's IT!
2012 Underwater Flights
2014 Over the Roads, Over the River
2015 Christ lives in Siberia
2015 Out of Fashion
2017 The Dissidents
2019 My Father, the Spy
2020 Christmas in the Jungle
2022 Let's Do It!
2022 The Sleeping Beast
2024 The Shadow
2025 Leaving Tallinn. 1941
Director of Photography:
1995 Ta-ram, ta-ram
1999 Happy Landing
1999 The Human Camera
2000 Suur õde
2001 Beauty of Fatherland
2001 Elf Disco
2003 A Living Force
2004 Choose Order
2004 Revolution of Pigs
2005 Touched by the Unknown
2006 The Art of Selling
2006 Uncaught Miracle
2009 Disco and Atomic War
2011 Tallinn Spiced Sprats: The Canned Tales
2011 That's IT!
2011 The New World
2012 Underwater Flights
2014 Over the Roads, Over the River
2015 Christ lives in Siberia
2015 Out of Fashion
2017 The Dissidents
2019 My Father, the Spy
2020 Christmas in the Jungle
2022 Let's Do It!
2022 The Sleeping Beast
2024 The Shadow
2025 Leaving Tallinn. 1941
Editor:
1995 Ta-ram, ta-ram
1999 Happy Landing
1999 The Human Camera
2000 Suur õde
2001 Beauty of Fatherland
2001 Elf Disco
2003 A Living Force
2004 Choose Order
2004 Revolution of Pigs
2005 Touched by the Unknown
2006 The Art of Selling
2006 Uncaught Miracle
2009 Disco and Atomic War
2011 Tallinn Spiced Sprats: The Canned Tales
2011 That's IT!
2011 The New World
2012 Underwater Flights
2014 Over the Roads, Over the River
2015 Christ lives in Siberia
2015 Out of Fashion
2017 The Dissidents
2019 My Father, the Spy
2020 Christmas in the Jungle
2022 Let's Do It!
2022 The Sleeping Beast
2024 The Shadow
2025 Leaving Tallinn. 1941
Idea:
1995 Ta-ram, ta-ram
1999 Happy Landing
1999 The Human Camera
2000 Suur õde
2001 Beauty of Fatherland
2001 Elf Disco
2003 A Living Force
2004 Choose Order
2004 Revolution of Pigs
2005 Touched by the Unknown
2006 The Art of Selling
2006 Uncaught Miracle
2009 Disco and Atomic War
2011 Tallinn Spiced Sprats: The Canned Tales
2011 That's IT!
2011 The New World
2012 Underwater Flights
2014 Over the Roads, Over the River
2015 Christ lives in Siberia
2015 Out of Fashion
2017 The Dissidents
2019 My Father, the Spy
2020 Christmas in the Jungle
2022 Let's Do It!
2022 The Sleeping Beast
2024 The Shadow
2025 Leaving Tallinn. 1941
Producer:
1995 Ta-ram, ta-ram
1998 Libarebased ja kooljad
1999 Happy Landing
1999 The Human Camera
2000 Suur õde
2001 Beauty of Fatherland
2001 Elf Disco
2003 A Living Force
2004 Choose Order
2004 Revolution of Pigs
2005 Touched by the Unknown
2006 The Art of Selling
2006 Uncaught Miracle
2008 Nazis and Blondes
2009 Disco and Atomic War
2009 The Revolution That Wasn't
2011 Tallinn Spiced Sprats: The Canned Tales
2011 That's IT!
2011 The New World
2012 Underwater Flights
2014 Over the Roads, Over the River
2015 Christ lives in Siberia
2015 Out of Fashion
2017 The Dissidents
2018 FRESH BLOOD: Own and Stranger
2019 My Father, the Spy
2020 Christmas in the Jungle
2020 Karl and Carla
2021 Paradise
2022 Let's Do It!
2022 The Sleeping Beast
2024 Badass Merike
2024 The Shadow
2025 Leaving Tallinn. 1941
Writer:
1995 Ta-ram, ta-ram
1998 Libarebased ja kooljad
1999 Happy Landing
1999 The Human Camera
2000 Suur õde
2001 Beauty of Fatherland
2001 Elf Disco
2003 A Living Force
2004 Choose Order
2004 Revolution of Pigs
2005 Touched by the Unknown
2006 The Art of Selling
2006 Uncaught Miracle
2008 Nazis and Blondes
2009 Disco and Atomic War
2009 The Revolution That Wasn't
2011 Tallinn Spiced Sprats: The Canned Tales
2011 That's IT!
2011 The New World
2012 Underwater Flights
2014 Over the Roads, Over the River
2015 Christ lives in Siberia
2015 Out of Fashion
2017 The Dissidents
2018 FRESH BLOOD: Own and Stranger
2019 My Father, the Spy
2020 Christmas in the Jungle
2020 Karl and Carla
2021 Paradise
2022 Let's Do It!
2022 The Sleeping Beast
2024 Badass Merike
2024 The Shadow
2025 Leaving Tallinn. 1941
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