About the Director
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
PROFESSION:
Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Editor, Composer.
Film and Television.
EDUCATION:
Feature-Film Department of the "Hochschule fur Fernsehen und Film" in Munich, Germany. (4 years)
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
Musician, member of the classically trained pop group Melchior (2 LP´s), and solo artist (2 LP´s).
Film critic for newspaper and TV.
Film Acting - Seminar for students of The Drama Academy of Iceland.
Film Directing - Seminar for students of The Icelandic Film School.
Selection Board of The Drama Academy of Iceland 1992,1997,
Selection Board of The Reykjavík Film Festival 1987-1991
Board of The Soceity of Icelandic Film Directors 1993-
Board of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra 1998 -
CREDITS
FEATURE FILMS:
SPORLAUST (NO TRACE), 91 Min., 1998
Director. (Icelandic-Danish)
Producer: Jóna Finnsdóttir.
Prod. Comp.: TÓNABÍÓ
TÁR ÚR STEINI (TEARS OF STONE), 114 Min., 1995
Director, Co-writer. (Icelandic-German-Swedish).
Producer: Jóna Finnsdóttir.
Prod. Comp.: TÓNABÍÓ, PETER ROMMEL PRODUKTION, IDÉ FILM.
EINS OG SKEPNAN DEYR (THE BEAST), 97 Min., 1986
Director, Writer, Composer.
Producer: Jón Ólafsson.
Prod. Comp.: BÍÓ ehf.
MAIN TV DRAMAS:
ÞAÐ KEMUR Í LJÓS (It will be found out), 36 Min., 2001
Director, Composer.
Produced by Leikfélag Íslands and RÚV Television.
GUÐ ER TIL, OG ÁSTIN (God exists, and so does love) , 73 Min., 1999
Director, editor.
Produced by The Drama Academy of Iceland and RÚV Television.
DAGURINN Í GÆR (Yesterday), 3 x 25 Min., 1998 -
Director, editor. Produced by SAGA FILM for RÚV Television.
SJÓARINN, SPÁKONAN, BLÓMASALINN, SKÓARINN, MÁLARINN OG SVEINN.
(The Sailor, The Fortune Teller, The Florist, The Shoemaker, The Painter and Sveinn) 79 Min ,1991 -
Director, Editor.
Produced by RÚV Television.
ÖSKUBUSKA OG MAÐURINN SEM ÁTTI ENGAR BUXUR
(Cinderella and the Man who had no Trousers) 43 Min., 1987
Director, Producer, Composer, Editor.
roduced by RÚV Television.
SHORT FILMS:
Í SKUGGA SCARTARIS (Scartaris) (40´) 1983 - Dir., Wri., Prod., Ed. Prod. by HFF, Munich.
LEIKUR AÐ ELDI (Playing with fire) (10´) 1990 -
Dir., Comp, Ed.
Produced by NÝJA BÍÓ.
TV - SERIES (sitcom):
GESTIR (Guests) Produced by SAGA FILM for STÖÐ 3 TV 1996-7 - (11 x 35
Min) - Director.
TV - ENTERTAINMENT
GOTT KVÖLD MEÐ GÍSLA RÚNARI (Good evening, with Gísli Rúnar) - 10 x 55 Min. Talkshow.
Produced by SAGA FILM for STÖÐ 2 TV 1997. - Director.
DOCUMENTARIES FOR TV:
UMRÓT (Changes) 2002, 5 x 25 Min (Ax film) director
ALDAHVÖRF (Fisheries at the Millennium) 8 x 50 Min
(ARCTICFILM 2000) dir., ed.
FÓSTBRÆÐRALAG (Brotherhood) 1996 , 55 min.
(NÝJA BÍÓ 1996) director, editor
NORDSOL 1995, 48 Min.
(RÚV 1996) director, editor.
FYRSTA SPORIÐ (The First Step), 60 Min.
(NÝJA BÍÓ for RÚV 1993) prod., dir., wri., ed.
HUGSANDI TRÚ (Thoughtful Religion), 57 Min.
(NÝJA BÍÓ & HÍ for RÚV 1992) prod., dir., ed.
SVEITAPILTSINS DRAUMUR (California Dreaming), 35 Min.
(AX f. RÚV 1992)prod.,dir.,wri.,ed.
LISTAHÁTÍÐ Í REYKJAVÍK 1990 (The ReykjavíkArt Festival 1990), 55 Min.
(RÚV 1990) prod., dir., ed.
AÐ LÁTA BOLTANN TALA (When The Ball Talks), 40 Min.
(NÝJA BÍÓ for RÚV 1989) producer, director, writer, editor.
LISTASKÁLDIN VONDU (The Bad Poets), 50 Min.
(RÚV 1988) prod., dir., wri., ed.
NÚ ER HÚN SNORRABÚÐ STEKKUR (Those Were The Days), 35 Min.
(STÖÐ 2 TV 1987) prod., dir., ed.
ALLIR ÞESSIR DAGAR (All These Days), 50 Min.
(RÚV TV 1987) prod., dir., wri., ed.
and
Ca. 25 video clips
Ca. 100 TV programs (music, film, portraits, reportages, series, soap operas, live discussions etc.)
Ca.10 advertisements , incl. SÁÁ Campaign Against Drugs Abuse
