Tanel Toom
Tanel Toom
Biography
Tanel Toom (born November 1, 1982) is an Estonian director and screenwriter. Toom studied filmmaking at Tallinn University, graduating with a BA in 2005. After that, he worked as a director for commercials and as a first assistant director. In 2008, he completed his fourth short film, The Second Coming, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The apocalyptical war drama has since been screened at numerous film festivals and won several awards, including Best European Short at the Arcipelago International Film Festival. The same year, he decided to continue his studies at the National Film and Television School in England. He graduated from the NFTS with an MA in 2010 and shortly after that his diploma film The Confession won the Student Academy Award for Honorary Foreign Film and got him an Academy Award nomination for Live Action Short Film.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
16
Gender
Male
Birthday
1982-11-01 (42 years old)
Place of Birth
Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Acting

2024

Two of Me as Tanel Toom
Crew

2024

Lioness Script Consultant

2023

Last Sentinel VFX Artist

2023

Last Sentinel Director

2021

Firebird Script Consultant

2019

Truth and Justice Screenplay

2019

Truth and Justice Director

2010

The Confession Director

2010

The Confession Writer

2008

The Second Coming Writer

2008

The Second Coming Editor

2008

The Second Coming Director

2007

Georg Second Assistant Director

2006

Ruudi First Assistant Director

2006

Ruudi Still Photographer

2004

Set Point Second Assistant Director