Jaak Kilmi

Biography

Jaak Kilmi (born October 23, 1973 in Tallinn) is an Estonian film director, screenwriter and producer. In 1998 he graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical University's film school. Since 2001, Kilmi has been teaching documentary studies to scenography students at the Estonian Academy of Arts.

Directed

1. The Shadow (2024) — Director
2. Disco and Atomic War (2009) — Director
3. The Dissidents (2017) — Director
4. Revolution of Pigs (2004) — Director
5. Touched by the Unknown (2005) — Director
6. The Sleeping Beast (2022) — Director
7. The Art of Selling (2006) — Director
8. Christmas in the Jungle (2020) — Director
9. Happy Landing (1999) — Director
10. My Father, the Spy (2019) — Director
11. Ta-ram, ta-ram (1995) — Director
12. Out of Fashion (2015) — Director
13. Elf Disco (2001) — Director
14. The Human Camera (1999) — Director
15. Uncaught Miracle (2006) — Director
16. Christ lives in Siberia (2015) — Director
17. Let's Do It! (2022) — Director
18. Tallinn Spiced Sprats: The Canned Tales (2011) — Director
19. A Living Force (2003) — Director
20. Underwater Flights (2012) — Director
21. Beauty of Fatherland (2001) — Director
22. Over the Roads, Over the River (2014) — Director
23. That's IT! (2011) — Director
24. Suur õde (2000) — Director
25. Leaving Tallinn. 1941 (2025) — Director
26. Subject of Thought (2012) — Director
27. Külla tuli — Director
28. Dirt in Your Face (2026) — Director
29. Ära sega, ma mõtlen! (2025) — Director
30. Vastuvõtt (2018) — Director
31. Every Sound a Jewel (2018) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Disco and Atomic War (2009) — Narrator (voice)
2. Men at Arms (2005) — Drunk German Knight
3. The Sleeping Beast (2022) — Rescue Worker
4. Subject of Thought (2012) — Interviewer