Mark Soosaar
Estonian film director and politician (born 1946)
About Mark Soosaar
Born 1946. Mark Soosaar is a Russian and Estonian film director, politician, screenwriter and cinematographer.
Mark Soosaar (officially Mark-Toomas Soosaar; born 12 January 1946 in Viljandi) is an Estonian film director, cinematographer, screenwriter and politician. He has been a member of the X and XI Riigikogu.
Soosaar graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in 1970. He worked for Eesti Televisioon from 1970 until 1978 and Tallinnfilm from 1978 until in 1991 as a director and cinematographer before moving to Pärnu and founding his own film studio, Weiko Saawa Film. He is the director of Museum of New Art, as well the founding chairman of the Kihnu Cultural Institute.
He is a member of the Estonian Social Democratic Party.
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Who is Mark Soosaar?
Estonian film director and politician (born 1946)
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Mark Soosaar was born on 12 January 1946 in Viljandi.
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Mark Soosaar is a film director, politician, screenwriter and cinematographer.
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Mark Soosaar is Russian and Estonian.
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