Kristjan Svirgsden

Kristjan Svirgsden was born in 1954, Tallinn, Estonia. Received BA degree from Tallinn University. He worked at Estonian Television as a cameraman and director. Since 1993 Svirgsden has been a freelancer. Svirgsden´s first film “Sensitivity” (1985) depicted Soviet militiaman like an average person whose hobby was poetry. “Sensitivity” was awarded at Estonian Film Festival. “Greening Kunda” (1997) was a documentary about Soviet time economy growing into capitalism in Estonian dusty cement town Kunda for BBC and Finnish TV- 2. The Film was sold to 128 countries. Svirgsden´s main interest is human nature. Currently Svirgsden is working  on a documentary about Estonian Singing Revolution hero Heinz Valk. It is a story about cartoonist, who found a new role on the barricades.
 
Filmography:
 
Greening Kunda (1997)
Sensitivity (1985)

Films