Ilmar Raag

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-05-21 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Kuressaare, Estonian SRR, USSR [now Estonia]

Ilmar Raag

Biography

Ilmar Raag (born May 21, 1968 in Kuressaare) is an Estonian media executive, actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for his socio-critical film The Class. He has served as CEO of Estonian Television from 2002 to 2005. He is a well known columnist in many prestigious Estonian newspapers (Postimees, Eesti Päevaleht). He has written many scripts and directed critically acclaimed films, notably August 1991 and The Class. He received his high school education from Aleksander Mui (:et) secondary school No 2 of Kingissepa. He graduated from University of Tartu in 1997 and received his M.A. degree in screenwriting from Ohio University, th...

Acting

2005

Shop of Dreams

as Man in the Hallway (uncredited)

2004

Visions of Europe

as (segment "Estonia: Euroflot")

2006

2005

Men at Arms

as Muhu Person

1998

Killing Tartu

as Voltaire

Production

2007

The Class

as Writer

2007

The Class

as Director

2008

I Was Here

as Screenplay

2012

A Lady in Paris

as Screenplay

2012

A Lady in Paris

as Director

2013

Love Is Blind

as Writer

2013

Love Is Blind

as Director

2005

August 1991

as Writer

2005

August 1991

as Director

2014

2010

September

as Writer

2001

The Heart of the Bear

as Development Producer

2010

September

as Director

2022

Erik Stoneheart

as Director

1998

Killing Tartu

as Director

1998

Killing Tartu

as Writer

1998

Killing Tartu

as Producer

2008

December Heat

as Script Editor

2005

2011

That's IT!

as Director

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