Rein Kotov is a Director of Photography with an extensive range of experience encompassing film production - feature films, documentaries and television commercials. By the time he graduated from All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK, Moscow) as a Cinematographer in 1991, he had already started his professional career at Tallinnfilm, where he was DOP of four short films. Since 1991 Rein Kotov has been the cinematographer for numerous features, short films and documentaries. He has also directed/co-directed and edited documentaries and television commercials. Rein was a nominee of the "European Cinematographer 2001" at the European Film Awards 2001.