Elbert Tuganov
male
Born on February 22, 1920 (105 years old)
Passed Away on March 22, 2007
From Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
Known for Directing
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.
