
Person
Maria Reinup
Directing · Born 1988-04-06
Biography
Maria Reinup (born April 6, 1988) is an Estonian director. She graduated from Pelgulinna Gymnasium in Tallinn in 2007. Studied 2008-2009 at the University of Tartu as a Bachelor of Romance Languages and Philosophy, 2009-2010 at the Baltic Film, Media and Arts Institute of Tallinn University, as a Bachelor of Humanities, then at the Master of Directing. She was the artistic director of the Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival from 2012 to 2018; from 2012 to 2019, program creator for the Dark Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) and 2017 to 2019 of the festival "What The Fest!?" in New York. artistic director. From 2015 to 2018, she worked as a personal assistant to director Dome Karukoski on the films "Tom of Finland" and later on the biographical film "Tolkien" with the American film studio Fox Searchlight.
Known for

Tolkien
Second Unit Director

Deliver Us
Second Unit Director

The 100 Candles Game
First Assistant Director

Light Light Light
Third Assistant Director

Chainsaws Were Singing
Bikini Belly Kill / Tom's Ex

Lake Bodom
Script Supervisor

Attack on Finland
Palace Security Controller

The Man in the Orange Jacket
Co-Producer

Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter
Third Assistant Director

Melchior the Apothecary
Third Assistant Director
Filmography
- 2025ArrhythmiaDirector
- 2024Chainsaws Were SingingBikini Belly Kill / Tom's Ex
- 2023Light Light LightThird Assistant Director
- 2023Deliver UsSecond Unit Director
- 2023Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's DaughterThird Assistant Director
- 2022Melchior the Apothecary: The GhostThird Assistant Director
- 2022Melchior the ApothecaryThird Assistant Director
- 2021Attack on FinlandPalace Security Controller
- 2020The 100 Candles GameFirst Assistant Director
- 2019TolkienSecond Unit Director
- 2019Life Is Just A RideDirector
- 2016Lake BodomScript Supervisor
- 2016When Demons DieFirst Assistant Director
- 2015The Man in the Orange JacketCo-Producer
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