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Snævar Sölvi Sölvason

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Icelandic film director and screenwriter This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Snævar Sölvi.
Snævar Sölvi Sölvason
Born (1985-06-26) 26 June 1985 (age 39)
NationalityIcelandic
Alma materIcelandic Film School
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active2011–present

Snævar Sölvi Sölvason (born 26 July 1985) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. Since 2011 he has directed three films, including the 2019 drama Eden.

Biography

Snævar was raised in Bolungarvík, Iceland. He studied Financial engineering at Háskóli Íslands, where he graduated in 2010. Shortly later he wrote and directed the feature film Slay Masters which was based on his own experience from the Icelandic fishing industry. In 2012, Snævar abandoned his career in the financial industry and joined The Icelandic Film School. In 2013 he wrote and directed the comedy Albatross, starring Hansel Eagle and Pálmi Gestsson, which premiered in 2015. In 2019, he wrote and directed the drama Eden.

In 2023, he was working on the feature film Odd Fish (Icelandic: Ljósvíkingar), starring Björn Jörundur Friðbjörnsson, Arna Magnea Danks, Helgi Björnsson, Vigdís Hafliðadóttir and Pálmi Gestsson. The film premiered in September 2024.

In 2023, he directed Skaginn, a documentary series about the men's football team of Íþróttabandalag Akraness that won five national championships on a row between 1992 and 1996. In February 2024, the show was awarded the Media Award by the Football Association of Iceland.

Filmography

Films

TV shows

  • Skaginn (2023)

References

  1. Ásgeir Ingvarsson (8 January 2023). "Úr fjármálaheiminum í kvikmyndagerð". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. Kristján Freyr Halldórsson (9 June 2019). "„Já, gott hjá þér að taka áhættu"". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  3. Vilhjálmur A. Kjartansson (19 June 2015). "Ástfangið borgarbarn í ævintýri fyrir vestan". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  4. Birgir Olgeirsson (5 April 2012). "Nærri fantasíu en veruleika". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  5. Ingvar P. Guðbjörnsson (3 April 2012). "Slay Masters frumsýnd um páskana". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  6. Davíð Roach Gunnarsson (6 March 2019). "Ekki dauði, djöfull og drungi allan tímann". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  7. Ingvar P. Guðbjörnsson (9 April 2015). "Fastur á golfvellinum í Bolungarvík". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  8. Helgi Snær Sigurðsson (10 May 2019). "True Romance á Íslandi". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  9. Kristín Ólafsdóttir (15 May 2019). "Segja Netflix sýna íslenskri kvikmynd mikinn áhuga". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  10. "Ný íslensk kvikmynd: tökur á Vestfjörðum". Bæjarins besta (in Icelandic). 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  11. "Ljósvíkingar" (in Icelandic). Icelandic Film Centre. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  12. Júlía Margrét Einarsdóttir (10 September 2024). "Leit í kringum sig í Tjöruhúsinu og fann hið fullkomna sögusvið". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  13. "Skaginn hlýtur fjölmiðlaverðlaun". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.Closed access icon

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