| Birth Name: | Tanel Toom |
| Birth Date: | 1 November 1982 |
| Occupation: | Director, screenwriter |
Tanel Toom (born 1 November 1982) is an Estonian director and screenwriter.
Toom studied filmmaking at Tallinn University, graduating with a BA in 2005. After that, he worked as a director for commercials and as a first assistant director. In 2008, he completed his fourth short film, The Second Coming, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival.[1] The apocalyptical war drama has since been screened at numerous film festivals and won several awards, including Best European Short at the Arcipelago International Film Festival. The same year, he decided to continue his studies at the National Film and Television School in England. He graduated from the NFTS with an MA in 2010 and shortly after that his diploma film The Confession [2] won the Student Academy Award for Honorary Foreign Film and got him an Academy Award nomination for Live Action Short Film.[3]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Once A Year | Director, writer | short film |
| 2.68 | Director, writer | short film | |
| Set Point | 2nd Assistant Director | Estonian/Original title: Täna öösel me ei maga | |
| The Neighbour | Assistant Director | Estonian/Original title: Naaber | |
| 2005 | The Wind | Director | Estonian/Original title: Tuul |
| 2006 | Ruudi | 1st Assistant Director | |
| 2008 | The Second Coming | Director, writer | Official selection - Venice Film FestivalBest European Short Film - Arcipelago Short Film Festival Best Cinematography - Avanca Film Festival Estonian/Original title: Teine tulemine |
| The Loop | Director, writer | short film | |
| Morgan Flynn | Director | short film | |
| 2009 | Banana Chocolate | Director, writer | short film |
| 2010 | The Confession | Director, writer | Nominated for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film Student Academy Award for Best Foreign Film |
| 2011 | Mission M-314 | Director, writer | short film, stereoscopic |
| TBA | Gateway 6 | Director | Thriller feature film |
| 2019 | Truth and Justice | Director and screenwriter | Feature, period drama. Based on the pentalogy of the same name by A. H. Tammsaare |
| 2023 | Last Sentinel | Director | Estonian/Original title: Viimane vahipost |