# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ilmar-raag
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:11:57.722Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ilmar-raag"
name: "Ilmar Raag"
slug: "ilmar-raag"
description: "Ilmar Raag is an Estonian media executive, actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for his socio-critical film The Class. He was CEO of Estonian Television from 2002 to 2005. He is a well known columnist in many prestigious Estonian newspapers. He has written many scripts and directed critically acclaimed films, notably August 1991 and The Class."
tagline: "Estonian screenwriter and film director (born 1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ilmar_Raag_2021._aasta_Arvamusfestivalil.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1968-05-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.27991466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump