Ants Tammik
- Cinematographer
- Director
Ants Tammik's obsession with the visual world started in 2005 when he discovered the art of photography and therefore a whole new world around him. It was also a tool to navigate through the confusing times of adolescence. What initially started as a hobby drew the boy in so deep it soon became his life.
Spending every euro, every minute perfecting his craft, Ants was soon winning awards and praise from his peers.
After the development of the DSLR camera, Ants became fascinated by the moving image so he enrolled in the Baltic Film and media school in Tallinn, Estonia. An academic underachiever in high school, Ants consumed everything the school had to offer in those 3 years. His passion helped him achieve academic success and helped secure a seat at FAMU in Prague.
Ants graduated in 2013, diving in to complex projects that conveyed a social message and challenged him on both a technical and psychological level. His first author piece - A fragile world premiered in 2016, a poetic environmental documentary that won many national and international awards. The film opened eyes and doors with fellow filmmakers and gave Ants exciting opportunities to DOP documentaries and features, which he is truly passionate about.
Today Ants's work has been shown at Sundance, Cannes, Camera Image and other prestigious film festivals, winning him countless accolades. Ants likes to create his visual worlds in a natural environment, mixing in staged elements. Ants says a bit of control in an uncontrollable situation is like magic that makes the piece unique. We just have to learn how to see, feel and direct these reoccurring situations while remaining undetected.
Spending every euro, every minute perfecting his craft, Ants was soon winning awards and praise from his peers.
After the development of the DSLR camera, Ants became fascinated by the moving image so he enrolled in the Baltic Film and media school in Tallinn, Estonia. An academic underachiever in high school, Ants consumed everything the school had to offer in those 3 years. His passion helped him achieve academic success and helped secure a seat at FAMU in Prague.
Ants graduated in 2013, diving in to complex projects that conveyed a social message and challenged him on both a technical and psychological level. His first author piece - A fragile world premiered in 2016, a poetic environmental documentary that won many national and international awards. The film opened eyes and doors with fellow filmmakers and gave Ants exciting opportunities to DOP documentaries and features, which he is truly passionate about.
Today Ants's work has been shown at Sundance, Cannes, Camera Image and other prestigious film festivals, winning him countless accolades. Ants likes to create his visual worlds in a natural environment, mixing in staged elements. Ants says a bit of control in an uncontrollable situation is like magic that makes the piece unique. We just have to learn how to see, feel and direct these reoccurring situations while remaining undetected.