Person

Toomas Tahvel

Directing · 1941–1997 · Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

Toomas Tahvel (January 2, 1941 – June 8, 1997) was an Estonian film director. He mostly worked on documentaries, but tried a hand on a few fiction film projects also. For example, he gained notoriety for the short fiction film “Poacher”, which was one of the films from cassette “Daisy Petal Game” (1977). Tahvel has worked under Tallinnfilm, where he mainly focused on directing feature films. Later on he moved to the next chapter and started to play with the documentary genre. Under Tallinnfilm he released “On the shore of the Sea of Japan” (1980) and under Estonian Telefilm he did the rest of his documentaries. Most attention attracted the film “Sajandiring” (1985), which talked about Estonians emigration to the Caucasus.

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  Windy Beach

  Assistant Director

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  The Midday Ferry

  Assistant Director

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  Fire in the Night

  First Assistant Director

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  Gladiator

  Assistant Director

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  Daisy Petal Game

  Director

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  Letters from the Island of the Insane

  Assistant Director

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  A Woman Heats the Sauna

  First Assistant Director

• 1979A Woman Heats the SaunaFirst Assistant Director
• 1978Daisy Petal GameDirector
• 1973Fire in the NightFirst Assistant Director
• 1971GladiatorAssistant Director
• 1971Windy BeachAssistant Director
• 1967Letters from the Island of the InsaneAssistant Director
• 1967The Midday FerryAssistant Director