Valentin Kuik

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-01-27 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Vilo, Petseri County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Zabolotye, Pskov Oblast, Pechorsky District, Russia]

Valentin Kuik

Biography

Valentin Kuik (born January 27, 1943 in the village of Zabolotje, near Novgorod, Russia) is an Estonian writer, film director and screenwriter. He graduated from Puurmani Secondary School in 1961. He worked as a physical education teacher at the Kabala 8th grade school. After military service, he went to Tallinn. From 1966 to 1968, he worked as a lighting engineer at Estonian Television and from 1968 to 1970, as a puppeteer at Tallinnfilm. In 1970, Kuik entered the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, studying at the directing department under Professor Mikhail Romm. In 1975, he graduated cum laude. His diploma work was the short fil...

Production

2005

2016

Family Lies

as Director

2016

Family Lies

as Screenplay

2005

Fed Up!

as Writer

1975

Hit Back

as Director

1975

Hit Back

as Writer

1973

Landing

as Assistant Director

1982

1982

1984

Lurich

as Director

1978

The Pastor of Reigi

as Screenplay

1984

Lurich

as Writer

1987

1989

Family Photos

as Director

1989

Family Photos

as Writer

1989

1989

1999

1999

1999

An Affair of Honor

as Screenplay

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