Portrait of Elmo Nüganen

Directing

Elmo Nüganen

Career

Active from 1993 to 2025, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Love for Three Oranges
Love for Three Oranges
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Elmo Nüganen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.5, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    0.8, average 2.7
  • Satire & Parody
    0.6, average 2.3
  • Nostalgia
    2.1, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • World War II 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Psychological Impact 2
  • Moral Dilemmas 2
  • Thought-Provoking 2
  • European Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

19
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

6 titles · average score 66
One-Dimensional Man
One-Dimensional Man (2025)

as Investigator

Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter
Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter (2023)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Screenplay

Kalamaja Blues
Kalamaja Blues (2023)

TV show · as Neighbor

Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost
Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost (2022)
GoodWatch score 68

Director, Screenplay

Melchior the Apothecary
Melchior the Apothecary (2022)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay, Director

Dawn of War
Dawn of War (2020)
GoodWatch score 64

as Major Kurg

2010s

7 titles · average score 68
Portugal
Portugal (2018)
GoodWatch score 53

as Boss

Lotte's Stories
Lotte's Stories (2017)

TV show · as Lotte's Grandfather

1944
1944 (2015)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

Tangerines
Tangerines (2013)
GoodWatch score 81

as Margus

Purge
Purge (2012)
GoodWatch score 69

as Father

Mushrooming
Mushrooming (2012)
GoodWatch score 62

as Gas Station Attendant

Demons
Demons (2012)
GoodWatch score 76

as Stranger

2000s

3 titles · average score 61
Mindless
Mindless (2006)
GoodWatch score 58

Director, Screenplay

Names in Marble
Names in Marble (2002)
GoodWatch score 64

as Armored Train Commander

Burattino
Burattino (2002)

Director

1990s

3 titles · average score 85
Love for Three Oranges
Love for Three Oranges (1994)
GoodWatch score 85

as Pantalone

Prompter
Prompter (1993)

as Robert

Marraskuun harmaa valo
Marraskuun harmaa valo (1993)

as Tõnu Valjus