Peep Puks

Directing

Peep Puks

Born

1940-04-17 (86)

Place of birth

Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia

Known for

Directing

Credits

14 titles

Toivo-Peep Puks (born April 17, 1940 in Tallinn) is an Estonian documentary and television director.

Known for

Behind the camera

Koduküla poster
NR

Pictures of Estonian village life in the second half of the 20th century. Against the backdrop of the seasons, people in the countryside are working their farms. Mostly these are old people. Villages are becoming empty and old farmhouses are falling apart.

Koduküla

1969

Meie elust poster
NR

An amateur newsreel concerning student life. Auditoriums, rock climbing, university library, dancing and so on

Meie elust

1961

Episood poster
NR

A behind-the-scenes look at the filming of one episode of Nukitsamees (Rahalaul).

Episood

1980

Decathletes poster
NR

The documentary observes athletes of one the most difficult yet interesting track and field sports – decathlon, the king of all sports, as they say. Slow-motion filming of competing athletes makes it possible to see the details that otherwise would be lost within the dizzy speed. Using the 1000mm lens adds a new unexpected angle while expressing the character of a decathlete, his ability to focus with all his will in order to win.

Decathletes

1972

Kuuvikerkaar poster
NR

The people of Suislepa. A humanist and warm poetic film about a generation, which will not show tiredness or old age in conducting their work. People who find wonder in the everyday, who take care in deepening their relationships with other people or the nature, who see the world as it is and to love it.

Kuuvikerkaar

1982

Kuuvikerkaar poster
NR

The people of Suislepa. A humanist and warm poetic film about a generation, which will not show tiredness or old age in conducting their work. People who find wonder in the everyday, who take care in deepening their relationships with other people or the nature, who see the world as it is and to love it.

Kuuvikerkaar

1982

Ringrada poster
NR

About men whose lives and work are motorcycles, racing to the brink of risk. We watch them on the circuit, in a pit box and in workshops together with teammates and mechanics preparing their competition bikes.

Ringrada

1985

Ringrada poster
NR

About men whose lives and work are motorcycles, racing to the brink of risk. We watch them on the circuit, in a pit box and in workshops together with teammates and mechanics preparing their competition bikes.

Ringrada

1985

The Game poster
NR

The speed chess tournament that has taken place once in a month for already 35 years involves well-known people from the field of culture. The game has no other purposes than the game itself. Some hobbies may seem funny for bystanders; however, for the practitioners of a hobby it may be even more serious activity than their main occupation. Work is compulsion, game is freedom. The documentary is a document of cultural history that has recorded well-known people in a situation that is unfamiliar for the public.

The Game

1987

Three Winters poster
NR

Poetic and heartfelt documentary about a small rural school and the life around it in Vastse-Otepää, Estonia.

Three Winters

1974

Three Winters poster
NR

Poetic and heartfelt documentary about a small rural school and the life around it in Vastse-Otepää, Estonia.

Three Winters

1974

Raamaturiik poster
NR

Through books and their illustrations, the film provides an overview of the more than 400 year-old history of Estonian-language original and translated literature. The film gives an idea of Estonian publishing activities and book culture in general.

Raamaturiik

1973

Juhan Liiv's Story poster
NR

A unique film adaptation of Juhan Liiv's poetry, where literary symbols in poetry are connected with film images. The film set the task of conveying Juhan Liiv's poetry, his tenderness and love for his country. True pictorial poetry, born from the synergy of Hando Runnel's screenplay, Peeter Tooming's cinematography, Peep Puks's directing and Lembit Ulfsak's poetry reading.

Juhan Liiv's Story

1975

Teacher Johannes Käis poster
NR

Documentary about the renowned Estonian pedagogue and educational reformer Johannes Käis. Made on commission for Estonian Ministry of Education.

Teacher Johannes Käis

1990