Peeter Simm

Birthday: 1953-02-24
Deathday: 2026-03-12
Birthplace: Kiviõli, Kiviõli District, Tallinn Oblast, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Ida-Viru County, Estonia]
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
2021-09-10 On the Water
2012-03-01 Lonely Island
2007-10-05 Georg
2005-12-09 Fed Up!
2001-12-20 Elu pärast maailmalõppu
2001-04-06 Good Hands
2001-01-01 Like an Arrow
1998-01-01 Standing by the Forest
1994-05-19 American Mountains
1990-03-18 A Man Who Never Was
1988-06-13 Dance Around the Steam Boiler
1986-11-10 Puud olid...
1984-05-18 Täna õhtul...
1983-10-11 The Next Pick
1983-10-10 Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter
1981-04-20 The Ideal Landscape
1981-02-02 Multicolored Fairies
1979-10-18 Siren
1978-09-11 Daisy Petal Game
1978-01-01 Stereo
1976-09-06 Võsakurat