Peeter Simm
Peeter Simm (born February 24, 1953; Kiviõli – March 12, 2026) was an Estonian film director. Peeter Simm studied at Nõo Secondary School in a physics class and graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow (cum laude) in 1976 with a degree in feature film directing. From 1975 to 1993, Simm worked at Tallinnfilm, first as an assistant director, then as a feature film director. In 1993, he founded the studio Lege Artis Film. As a director, he collaborated with many studios. He also directed in the theater, made language training and advertising films, television programs, etc. He worked as a visiting professor of film directing at the Baltic Institute of Film, Media, Arts and Communication.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1953-02-24 · Kiviõli, Kiviõli District, Tallinn Oblast, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Ida-Viru County, Estonia]
- Died
- 2026-03-12
Known for
- Summer (1976) — Assistant Director
- Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter (1983) — Director
- Georg (2007) — Director
- The Ideal Landscape (1981) — Director
- A Man Who Never Was (1990) — Director
- Dance Around the Steam Boiler (1988) — Director
- Christmas in Vigala (1981) — Konstantin Päts
- On the Water (2021) — Director
- Daisy Petal Game (1978) — Poacher #1 (segment "Poacher")
- The Song of the Summer (1982)
- The Blue Carbuncle (1980)
- In One Hundred Years in May (1987) — Member of the Court Martial #5
- Fed Up! (2005) — Director
- American Mountains (1994) — Director
- Võsakurat (1976) — Director
- Good Hands (2001) — Director