About
Having worked on a number of short-films, TVC-s, music videos, TV shows and multicamera shows, Ove has 20 years of work experience. Freshness and craziness are the keywords that characterize everything he does starting from his band Winny Puhh to working on movies and commercials.
FILMOGRAPHY
Director | 2022 | “Kalev”
Movie about ‘91 basketball match. The victory of a small Estonian team against Soviet Union teams.
Director | 2021 | “Traitor” 2 season
Elisa original series. Inspired by recent spy scandals in Estonia, Traitor is a thriller that begins in 2004, just before Estonia joined NATO and became a top target for Russian Intelligence.
Director & co-scriptwriter | 2010 | short film “Dear Friend, You Have My Respect”
Director & co-scriptwriter | 2005 | short film “Paradise for Old Men”
Director & co-scriptwriter | 2010 | short film “30 Minutes of Silence”
TELEVISION & MULTICAMERA
Director | 2017| TVC “Wave to Tiiu”
Multicamera Director | 2009 -2018 |Eurovison pre finals “Eesti Laul”
Producer | 2016 – 2018 | “Heureka”
Multicamera Director | 2011 – 2016 | “Estonian Music Awards”
Director & co-producer | 2015 | “Armastust otsides”
Director & Producer | 2010-2014 | “Eesti Kõige Kõige”
Director & co-scriptwriter | 2013 | “Tupiktänavamehed”
Multicamera Director | 2012 | “Dancing on Ice”
Multicamera Director | 2007-2011 |”Dancing with the stars”
AWARDS
EFTA Director of the Year 2017
PR Gold “Baltic Best”, PR Gold
“Golden Egg”, Cannes Lion PR finalist, TVC “Wave to Tiiu”, 2017
The Cultural Endowment of Estonia “Award for Best Picture 2005”
Sleepwalkers Short Film Festival, best short movie
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in audiovisual arts | 2002 | Tallinn Pedagogical University (Tallinn University). Diploma work: music video “Tallinn”
Short film: “Suicide” Amateur Film Festival of Batlic States, 1st place
OTHER
Founder member of punk rock folk metal band Winny Puhh. | 1994–present day |
Founder member of post-country/folk/pop band Aednikud. | 2021–present day |
Co-founder of circular economy platform www.smartswap.com | 2020–present day |
Co-founder of Downtown Pictures | 2002–present day |