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Jörgen Liik was born on 12 March 1990 in Kuressaare, Estonia. He is an actor, known for November (2017), Dark Paradise (2023) and Azrael (2024).

Estonian film director, screenwriter, media executive and columnist Ilmar Raag was born in Kuressaare, Estonia. He grew up in Kuressaare and also graduated high school there. In 1997 he graduated University of Tartu. 1996-1998 he was hosting a film news program on Estonian National Television. 1999 he received M.A. degree in screen writing from Ohio University. After that he find himself working in TV management and in 2002-2005 he served as CEO of Estonian National Television (ETV). In 2005 he directed television movie August 1991 (2005) and also wrote screenplay for another TV movie. In 2007 Raag made his feature film debut with critically acclaimed film The Class (2007). In 2008 he adapted screenplay from a Sass Henno's novel for I Was Here (2008).

In 2009-2010, Estonian Television decided to produce a spin off series to "Klass". Raag didn't write the script, but he shot two episodes of the series. In 2011 he shot a film in France under the umbrella of TS Production - "Une Estonienne à Paris" with Jeanne Moreau as leading lady. The film was released a year later.

Einar Kuusk is an actor and director known for playing Arkady Kachimov in Netflix's "Luther: The Fallen Sun", one of the covert operatives in the first season of BBC's crime thriller "The Capture", Branimir in Estonian comedy film "Free Money", his post-apocalyptic sci-fi short film "The Most Beautiful Day" and his YouTube videos.

Eeva Mägi (b. 1987) is an Estonian writer-director based in Tallinn, who's active in the field of fiction films and documentaries. She graduated from Directing Documentaries at the Baltic Film and Media School in 2015. Since then, she has directed successful shorts as Lembri Uudu (2017) that had its premiere at DOK Leipzig and has later participated in many festivals such as PÖFF Shorts, Go Short, Sarajevo among others. Her hybrid doc The Weight of All the Beauty (2019) was long listed to the to the Oscars after winning "Best Short Documentary" at Melbourne IFF, her latest short 3rf Octave F (2022) won at PÖFF Shorts and is also long listed to the Oscars. Recently she finished her first long form documentary Who Am I Smiling For that premiered at Giffoni IFF (2023) and was the opening film of PÖFF Just Film (2023). Eeva received the Young Filmmaker's Award by Estonian Cultural Endowment in 2018, then the Docpoint Tallinn Young Filmmaker Award in 2019. Mo Mamma (2023) is her first feature film that received a jury's special mention at PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival's first feature competition (2023).

Matis Rei was born on 21 November 1988 in Kuressaare, Estonia. Matis is a composer, known for Tár (2022), Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022) and Love Lies Bleeding (2024).

Ly Pulk was born on 26 October 1950 in Kuressaare, Saaremaa, Estonia. Ly is an assistant director and casting director, known for Agent Sinikael (2002), Karu süda (2001) and Ainult hulludele ehk halastajaõde (1991).

Hanna Martinson was born on 29 November 1992 in Kuressaare, Saaremaa, Estonia. She is an actress, known for Ghost Mountaineer (2015), Zero Point (2014) and Lõks (2018).

Loviise Kapper was born on 20 January 1996 in Kuressaare, Estonia. She is an actress, known for Täiuslik sõbranna (2023), Elu ja armastus (2024) and Goodbye Soviet Union (2020).

Evald Aavik was born on 24 January 1941 in Kuressaare, Estonskaya SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Georgica (1998), Reigi õpetaja (1978) and Inimesed sõdurisinelis (1968). He died on 7 May 2024 in Estonia.

Ivo Linna was born on 12 June 1949 in Kuressaare, Estonian SSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Varastati Vana Toomas (1970), Hundiseaduse aegu (1985) and Reekviem (1984).

Konstantin Märska was born on 28 May 1896 in Kuressaare, Saaremaa, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire [now Estonia]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Vigased pruudid (1929), Dollarid (1929) and Õnnelik korterikriisi lahendus (1924). He died on 30 August 1951 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia].

Heli Lääts was born on 24 June 1932 in Kuressaare, Estonia. She was married to Peeter Saul. She died on 16 February 2018 in Estonia.

Louis Kahn was born on 20 February 1901 in Kuressaare, Saaremaa, Estonia. He was married to Esther Virginia Israeli. He died on 17 March 1974 in Pennsylvania Station, New York City, New York, USA.

Angelina Semjonova was born on 27 February 1960 in Kuressaare, Estonia. She was an actress, known for Doktor Stockmann (1989), Saja aasta pärast mais (1986) and Vana mees tahab koju (1991). She died on 30 May 2011 in Estonia.

Rein Nettan was born on 28 September 1963 in Kuressaare, Estonia. He is an actor and production designer, known for Lilya 4-Ever (2002), Last Sentinel (2023) and King of Devil's Island (2010).