Director: Hans Roosipuu

(02.04.1931 – 08.07.2017)

Hans Roosipuu was a film director and cinematographer. He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of Cinematography. Roosipuu is well known as a sports filmmaker with over 30 sports films in his portfolio. Film “Searching for the Dunes” (1972), which tells the story about ski coach Herbert Abel, won a silver cup at the Cortina d’Amprezzo Sports Film Festival. In addition, Roosipuu has been a part of 75 feature films and over 500 newsreels. His works have been prized with Soviet Union Festival awards and with Lifetime Achievement Award.

Filmography:

Eesti Filmi Instituut / Estonian Film Institute
Uus st 3, 10111 Tallinn, Estonia
tallinnfilm@filmi.ee
+372 627 60 04
Rain Põdra
Head of Film Heritage Department
rain@filmi.ee
Triinu Keedus
Project Manager of Film Heritage Department
triinu@filmi.ee

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