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Elbert Tuganov

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87 Years Old

Elbert Tuganov (February 22, 1922 – March 22, 2007) was an Azerbaijani-Estonian animator and film director. He is known as "the father of Estonian animation". Tuganov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan to an Estonian mother and an Ossetian father. In 1946 he joined with Tallinnfilm. In 1958 he created the first Estonian animated film Peetrikese unenägu.

Born

Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan] on 22nd February 1920

Died

22nd March 2007

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