Heiki Ernits graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical Institute as a teacher of art and manual training. He studied briefly in the advanced statewide course for film directors in Moscow. Ernits has worked as a photographer, art teacher, art director and film director. He is a freelance artist and has designed book covers, company trademarks and has illustrated numberous publications. Ernits has won numerous awards for his commericals
A short list of his films includes:
- 2000 Lotte’s Journey South (serial, co-directed with Janno Põldma). Estonian Film Critics Prize fore the best film of the year 2000
- 2001 Ladybirds’ Christmas (co-director), 1st price in the feature length animated film category at the Krok 2002 International Animated Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine
- 2002 Concert on a Carrot Pie (co-director)
- 2006 Lotte from Gadgetville (co-director with Janno Põldma), writer, production designer, set designer. An award winning film wherever it has been shown
- 2011 Lotte and the Moonstone Secret (co-director with Janno Põldma)
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