Elbert Tuganov

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Elbert Tuganov (born February 22, 1920 in Baku , †  March 22, 2007 in Tallinn ) was an Estonian animation film director . Tuganov is considered to be the pioneer and father of Estonian animation .

Early years

Elbert Tuganov was born the son of an Ossetian sculptor and an Estonian mother. In 1927 the parents sent the boy to school in Germany , where his mother's sister lived. Tuganov also earned money as a cigarette seller, extra and as an interpreter at the 1936 Summer Olympics and travel guide. From 1937 to 1939 he worked as an assistant in three cartoon studios in Berlin .

In 1939 he graduated from Fichte- Gymnasium in Berlin-Wilmersdorf , where he was a schoolmate of Marcel Reich-Ranicki . Then Tuganov went to Estonia . There he did his military service.

In August 1940, after the Soviet occupation of Estonia, he was drafted into the Red Army . He survived World War II and was discharged from the army in 1946.

Cinematic creation

From 1947 to 1956 Tuganov was employed by the Soviet-Estonian film company Tallinna Kinostuudio in the Estonian capital Tallinn. From 1957 Tuganov began producing animated films in Estonia for the production company Tallinnfilm .

Between 1958 and 1981 he produced a total of 38 animation and puppet cartoons. Peetrikese unenägu (based on the fairy tale “Palle alone in the world” by the Danish writer Jens Sigsgaard ) was the first Estonian animated film in 1958. A total of 38 animated films for children and adults were produced under the direction of Tuganov.

Tuganov wrote the script himself for many of his films. In 1977, Suveniir was the world's first stereoscopic animation film.

In 1975 Tuganov filmed the documentary Inspiratsioon about the Estonian Song Festival that year. After his retirement in 1982, Tuganov made numerous commercials.

Tuganov also wrote several books. In Liikuvad pildid (1979) he describes the history of animated films. In 1998 he presented his memoirs under the title Jalutuskäik läbi sajandi (“Walk through the Century”). He wrote in his memoir that he was a longtime KGB agent.

Tuganov is also the translator of the North Ossetian epic “ The Narten ” into Estonian . The translation was published in 2005.

Cartoons (selection)

Awards

In 1960 the puppet cartoon Metsamuinasjutt received an award at the Bucharest International Film Festival . At the Deauville Film Festival in 1963 , Tuganov's film Ott kosmoses received a special award.

In 1975 Tuganov received the " State Prize of the Estonian SSR ". Two years later he was awarded the " People's Artist of the Estonian SSR " award.

In 1995 Tuganov was awarded the prize of the Estonian state foundation Eesti kultuurkapital for his life's work.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.sirp.ee/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1566:elbert-tuganov-22-ii-1920-22-iii-2007&catid=11:varia&Itemid=16&issue=3153  ( page no longer retrievable , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.sirp.ee  
  2. ↑ http://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/elbert-tuganov-1920-2007.html
  3. ↑ http://www.filmi.arhiiv.ee/index.php?lang=eng&show=fotonaitused&sub_id=100007&is_inc=naitused
  4. ↑ Eesti elulood. Tallinn: Eesti entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 553
personal data
SURNAME Tuganov, Elbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian-Ossetian animation director
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Baku
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 2007
Place of death Tallinn