Jüri Sillart

Directing

Jüri Sillart

Born 1943-05-29 · Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

Jüri Sillart (May 29, 1943 Tallinn – September 10, 2011) was an Estonian film operator, director, producer and pedagogue. In 1970 he graduated from Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. From 1971 to 1994 he worked as an operator-director in Tallinnfilm. Since 1993 he is a producer and director in studio OÜ Kairiin (which he established itself).

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Grisha poster
7.0

An up-close look into the life of the often misunderstood movie director Grigori Kromanov through the lens of old friends and colleagues.

Grisha

1996

Grisha poster
7.0

An up-close look into the life of the often misunderstood movie director Grigori Kromanov through the lens of old friends and colleagues.

Grisha

1996

Awakening poster
5.6

It is the night of March 25, 1949. A full moon hangs over Estonia. Endless rows of cattle cars are waiting to transport thousands of Estonian families, asleep in their homes, to Siberia. The Stalinist regime is ready to treat people like animals.

Awakening

1990

The Sunny Kids poster
7.0

A movie about the life in a small Estonian city in the 1950s. Young people face an instinct for survival that shatters ideals but can also destroy lives.

The Sunny Kids

1992

Leida lugu poster
NR

This film is about one of Estonia's best-known feature film directors Leida Laius, her work and activities. But in reality, this film wants to be about the difficult and volatile happiness of being a woman and a mother.

Leida lugu

2002

Leida lugu poster
NR

This film is about one of Estonia's best-known feature film directors Leida Laius, her work and activities. But in reality, this film wants to be about the difficult and volatile happiness of being a woman and a mother.

Leida lugu

2002

Leida lugu poster
NR

This film is about one of Estonia's best-known feature film directors Leida Laius, her work and activities. But in reality, this film wants to be about the difficult and volatile happiness of being a woman and a mother.

Leida lugu

2002

Golden Beach poster
6.3

Retroband Evergreen's reunion party is ruined when Viktor, who was once the band's frontman, threatens to blow the house up for revenge of his sad destiny.

Golden Beach

2006