Tanel Toom

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1982-11-01 (42 years old)

Place of Birth Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

Tanel Toom

Biography

Tanel Toom (born November 1, 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.

Known For

Director

2023
Last Sentinel

as Director

2019
Truth and Justice

as Director

2010
The Confession

as Director

2008
The Second Coming

as Director

2007
Georg

as Second Assistant Director

2006
Ruudi

as First Assistant Director

2004
Set Point

as Second Assistant Director

Writer

2024
Lioness

as Script Consultant

2021
Firebird

as Script Consultant

2019
Truth and Justice

as Screenplay

2010
The Confession

as Writer

2008

Editor

2008

Visual Effects

2023
Last Sentinel

as VFX Artist

Camera

2006
Ruudi

as Still Photographer

Actor

2024
Two of Me

as Tanel Toom