Directing
Elbert Tuganov
- Born
- Feb 22, 1920 · Aged 87
- Died
- Mar 22, 2007
- Place of birth
- Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 1
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 38
Also known as (3)
- Э. Туганов
- Elbert Tuganow
- E. Tuganov
Biography
Elbert Tuganov (February 22, 1922 – March 22, 2007) was an Azerbaijani-Estonian animator and film director. He is known as "the father of Estonian animation". Tuganov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan to an Estonian mother and an Ossetian father. In 1946 he joined with Tallinnfilm. In 1958 he created the first Estonian animated film Peetrikese unenägu.
