Manfred Vainokivi

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1964-01-10 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

Manfred Vainokivi

Biography

Manfred Vainokivi (born January 10, 1964) is a documentary filmmaker with a unique signature. In 10 years, he has made both experimental as well as more traditional documentaries. His films have screened in competition at Leipzig DoK and IDFA, and earned best documentary titles at home in Estonia.

Acting

Production

2016

Family Lies

as Director of Photography

2021

Estonian Funeral

as Producer

2023

Mo Mamma

as Producer

2023

Spit in My Face

as Director

2023

2023

Spit in My Face

as Director of Photography

2021

Estonian Funeral

as Director of Photography

2020

Mephistopheles

as Screenplay

2021

2020

Mephistopheles

as Director of Photography

2008

Valli baar

as Writer

2008

Valli baar

as Director of Photography

2008

Valli baar

as Director

2019

2019

In Bed with a Writer

as Director of Photography

2012

Baskin

as Writer

2012

Baskin

as Director

2012

Baskin

as Director of Photography

2012

2012

Beggar Writer's House

as Director of Photography

2009

Jolly Old Farts

as Director

2009

2009

Jolly Old Farts

as Director of Photography

2016

Red Cabaret

as Director of Photography

2016

Red Cabaret

as Writer

2018

Long Live the Scandals!

as Director of Photography

2016

Red Cabaret

as Director

2014

Stealing Socialism

as Director of Photography

2014

2014

2021

The Best of Salieri

as Director of Photography

2021

2009

Bank Robbery

as Director of Photography

2005

Mat the Cat

as Producer

2005

Mat the Cat

as Director of Photography

2019

The Story Of Peep Puks

as Director of Photography

2009

Bank Robbery

as Producer

2016

Family Lies

as Director

2009

Disco and Atomic War

as Director of Photography

2023

2010

September

as Director of Photography

2023

Gori the Caricaturist

as Director of Photography

2000

Madonna Is Not Dead A.D. 2050

as Director of Photography

2017

The End of the Chain

as Co-Producer

2005

Mat the Cat

as Production Design

2021

Estonian Funeral

as Production Design

2009

Bank Robbery

as Production Design

2016

Family Lies

as Production Design

2023

Stairway to Heaven

as Set Decoration

2023

Mo Mamma

as Assistant Production Design

2025

Our Erika

as Producer

2023

Stairway to Heaven

as Still Photographer

2006

The Blue Hills

as Director of Photography

2007

Greetings from Soviet Estonia!

as Director of Photography

2018

Rodeo

as Director of Photography

2023

Stairway to Heaven

as Assistant Production Design

1987

Sulev Nõmmik

as Camera Operator

2021

On the Water

as Director of Photography

2021

On the Water

as Producer

2020

Mephistopheles

as Director

2022

The First Capitalist of the USSR

as Director of Photography

2023

Gori the Caricaturist

as Color Grading

© All Rights Reserved 2025