Mati Põldre

Mati Põldre (23 October 1936 – 7 February 2023) was an Estonian film director, scenarist and operator.^[1]

Põldre in 2016

Põldre was born in Tallinn. From 1968 he worked at Eesti Telefilm. During the 1990s he worked at film production company Lege Artis Film.^[1]

Põldre was married to journalist, screenwriter and politician Ela Tomson.^[2] He died on 7 February 2023, at the age of 86.^[3]

Filmography

• 1968 Meie Artur (documentary film; co-director, cinematographer and co-scenarist)
• 1969 Perpetuum mobile (TV short film; director)
• 1969 Mitte üksnes leivast (TV film; co-director)
• 1970 Echoes of the Past (feature film; co-scenarist)
• 1977 Igavesti Teie (TV film; director)
• 1984 Kevad südames (feature film; director and scenarist)
• 1992 Those Old Love Letters (feature film; director and scenarist)
• 2007 Georg (feature film; scenarist)

References

1. "Mati Põldre – Eesti filmi andmebaas". efis.ee. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
2. "Tomson, Ela". Eesti entsüklopeedia (in Estonian). 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
3. "Suri filmirežissöör Mati Põldre". Kultuur. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.

External links

• Mati Põldre at IMDb