Ilmar Raag

Ilmar Raag was born on May 21, 1968 in USSR [now Estonia]. Ilmar Raag's big-screen debut came with Minu Leninid directed by Hardi Volmer in 1997, strarring . Ilmar Raag is known for Ya ne vernus directed by Ilmar Raag, Polina Pushkaruk stars as Anya and Vika Lobachova as Kristina. Ilmar Raag has got 11 awards and 9 nominations so far. The most recent award Ilmar Raag achieved is Film by the Sea International Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Ilmar Raag plays is Ya ne vernus which will be released on Mar 01, 2014.

Estonian film director, screenwriter, media executive and columnist Ilmar Raag was born in Kuressaare, Estonia. He grew up in Kuressaare and also graduated high school there. In 1997 he graduated University of Tartu. 1996-1998 he was hosting a film news program on Estonian National Television. 1999 he received M.A. degree in screen writing from Ohio University. After that he find himself working in TV management and in 2002-2005 he served as CEO of Estonian National Television (ETV). In 2005 he directed television movie August 1991 (2005) and also wrote screenplay for another TV movie. In 2007 Raag made his feature film debut with critically acclaimed film Klass (2007). In 2008 he adapted screenplay from a Sass Henno's novel for Mina olin siin (2008).In 2009-2010, Estonian Television decided to produce a spin off series to "Klass". Raag didn't write the script, but he shot two episodes of the series. In 2011 he shot a film in France under the umbrella of TS Production - "Une Estonienne à Paris" with Jeanne Moreau as leading lady. The film was released a year later.