Jüri Sillart

Directing

Jüri Sillart

Born — Died

1943-05-29 — 2011-09-10

Place of birth

Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

Known for

Directing

Credits

9 titles

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).

Known for

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

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

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

Jüri poster
NR

Portrait documentary about Jüri Sillart - an innovator, an expressionist, a bright filmmaker and a warm-hearted teacher for whom cinema meant not only a professional field but his whole life. Sillart's work was acknowledged in Estonia, in the former Soviet Union and abroad. Jüri was a sharp personality with a curious mind. Life with all its manifestations was a great source of inspiration for him - everyday events, painting, photography, history of various religions, philosophical and esoterical literature, history, astronomy, mathematics - he was interested in all of this. His colleagues, students and close ones share their memories in the documentary. There are excerpts from films that Jüri Sillart has added his creative contribution to.

Jüri

2015

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

The 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.

The Golden Beach

2006

Film credits

Behind the camera

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

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

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

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

The 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.

The Golden Beach

2006