Veiko Õunpuu

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1972-03-16 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Saaremaa, Estonia

Veiko Õunpuu

Biography

Veiko Õunpuu (born March 16, 1972, in Saaremaa) is an Estonian film director and screenwriter who is best known for his artistic movies Autumn Ball (Sügisball, 2007) and The Temptation of St. Tony (Püha Tõnu kiusamine, 2009). Õunpuu's films are usually slow paced artistic movies with eccentric characters. In 2006 he wrote and directed the independent short film Empty (Tühirand). In 2007 he adapted Mati Unt's novel Autumn Ball (Sügisball) that won the Horizon Award at the 64th Venice International Film Festival, which remains the highest international recognition an Estonian film has ever received. In 2010 Õunpuu's second feature drama The T...

Acting

2020

The Last Ones

as Helmsman Bohlen

2007

Autumn Ball

as Guitarist at the Restaurant (uncredited)

2011

Rat Trap

as Fence Builder

2019

Konrad Mägi

as Himself

2004

Production

2007

Autumn Ball

as Director

2007

Autumn Ball

as Screenplay

2006

Empty

as Screenplay

2006

Empty

as Director

2013

Free Range

as Director

2013

Free Range

as Screenplay

2020

The Last Ones

as Screenplay

2009

The Temptation of St. Tony

as Camera Operator

2015

Roukli

as Director

2015

Roukli

as Writer

2007

Autumn Ball

as Editor

2002

Agent Wild Duck

as Producer

2020

The Last Ones

as Director

2020

The Last Ones

as Translator

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