Peeter Simm is a seasoned professional with a knack of involving audience. (One of his early films ARABELLA – PIRATES’ DAUGHTER got a staggering 9,2 million cinema admissions in the former Soviet Union). Simm is graduate cum claude from Director’s course at Moscow Film Institute. Production company Studio F.O.R.M.A. (Latvia) has already successfully collaborated with the Estonian director on GOOD HANDS (2002). The film received several international awards, including Prize of Manfred Salzgeber at Berlinale. The latest collaboration is the contemporary multi-plot drama LONELY ISLAND (2012).
Selected filmography
2012 LONELY ISLAND
(Estonia-Belarus-Latvia – Lege Artis Film, Belarusfilm, Studio F.O.R.M.A.)
2007 GEORG (Estonia-Russia-Finland – Lege Artis Film & Allfilm, CNF, MRP)
2006 FED UP (Estonia-Germany – Allfilm and Saxonia Media)
2001 GOOD HANDS (Estonia-Latvia – Allfilm and Studio F.O.R.M.A.)
1994 ROLLER-COASTER (France-Hungary-Estonia)
1989 A MAN WHO NEVER WAS
1984 THOSE WERE THE TREES…
1982 ARABELLA, THE PIRATE’S DAUGHTER
1980 IDEAL LANDSCAPE
1977 TATTOO