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Andres Sööt - 75
On 4th of February 2009 Andres Sööt- an Estonian film director, author of more than 70 documentaries- will celebrate his 75th anniversary having been born in the town of Paide in 1934.
He graduated from Moscow Institute of Cinematography as a cinematographer in 1963, he worked as an assistant to a cinematographer in Tallinn studio of cinema films in 1954-1957, 1963-1972 he worked for “Tallinnfilm” (cinema film studio of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic), 1972-1980 in “Estonian Telefilm” (television film studio of ESSR), in 1980-1984 he once again was a film director and cinematographer for “Tallinnfilm”.
He started his own studio “Monofilm” in 1993 but continued to cooperate with other film studios as well.
Andres Sööt was the chairman of Estonian Filmmakers’ Union in1999 to 2000.
Besides documentaries, which in itself are outstanding and the best of ones made in Estonia, he has also made a number of newsreels.
Andres Sööt was awarded with National Culture Fund’s prize for his achievements and his contribution to Estonian documentary filmmaking in 2004.
[Madli Zobel’s BA thesis “Biographies of the film directors Rein Maran and Andres Sööt” 2005 was used for compilation of this text]
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EFA 0-144256 Filmistuudio “Tallinnfilm” re˛issöör Andres Sööt (Foto: T.Tormis kevad 1987) |
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EFA 0-131434 Filmstudio “Tallinnfilm”'s operator Andres Sööt (Photo: H. Leppikson sept. 1987) |
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EFA 0-118114 Filmire˛issöör ja –operaator Andres Sööt töötamas helimontaa˛laual (Foto: K. Liiv jaan. 1980) |
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EFA 0-123807 Filmire˛issöör ja –operaator Andres Sööt filmimas (Foto: 1982) |
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EFA 0-111421 Nõukogude Eesti I filmifestivali laureaadid (vasakult) re˛issöör Olev Neuland, re˛issöör-operaator Rein Maran, re˛issöör-operaator Andres Sööt, kunstnik-lavastaja Priit Pärn. (Foto: E.Köster juuni 1980) |
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EFA 0-151924 “Tallinnfilmi” dokumentaalfilmi “Johannes Hindist” stsenarist ja re˛issöör Andres Sööt (paremal) intervjueerimas Johannes Käbinit. (Foto: 1989) |
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EFA 0-132984 Portreefilmi revolutsiooniveteranist Hendrik Allikust(vasakult)re˛issöör-operaator Andres Sööt, helioperaator Silvi Pruul, Hendrik Allik, stsenarist Ene Hion (Foto: R.Kotov 1986) |
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EFA.203.1662 Antarktika ekspeditsiooni teeleminek Tallinna sadamast. Kaameraga Andres Sööt. Taga lehvitab operaator Mati Kask. (kaader: Nõukogude Eesti 32/1968) |
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