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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 Valdimar.

Valdimar Jóhannsson
Valdimar in 2021
Born (1978-04-28) 28 April 1978 (age 46)
Occupations
  • film director
  • screenwriter
AwardsEdda Award for Best Director

Valdimar Jóhannsson (born 28 April 1978) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter.

Valdimar was born in northern Iceland in 1978. He has worked in various filmmaking jobs, including grip, lighting, cinematographer and effects technician on projects including Rogue One, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, LazyTown, Amundsen, Game of Thrones, and Prometheus. In 2003 he made his first short film entitled Pjakkur. He presented his short film Dolor in 2008 at the Reykjavík International Film Festival. From 2013 to 2015 he participated in the PhD program at Béla Tarr's Film Factory in Sarajevo.

Valdimar's first feature film was Lamb (2021), which he both directed and wrote. Lamb swept the board at the 2022 Edda Awards, winning 12 titles, including Best Film and Best Screenplay for Valdimar. Lamb also won Un Certain Regard Prize for Originality in Cannes, the Nordic Council Film Prize, and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

Valdimar lives in Reykjavík with his wife and daughters.

Filmography

As director:

  • Pjakkur (2003 short)
  • Dolor (Harmsaga) (2008 short)
  • Dawn (Dögun) (2012 short)
  • Lamb (Dýrið) (2021)
  • Circus Maximus (2023) (segments)

References

  1. Gréta Sigríður Einarsdóttir (1 March 2022). "Of Lamb and Legends". Iceland Review.
  2. Ragna Gestsdóttir (4 May 2019). "Valdimar leitar barna til að leika í næstu stórmynd Íslands". DV (in Icelandic).
  3. ^ "Lamb / Dýrið". European Film Awards.
  4. "Valdimar Jóhannsson". Icelandic Film Centre.
  5. Vince Mancini (6 October 2021). "'Lamb' Director Valdimar Jóhannsson And Star Noomi Rapace Describe The Logistics Of Filming Live Lamb Births". Uproxx.
  6. "Dolor". Pragueshorts Film Festival. 2010.
  7. Peter Bradshaw (7 December 2021). "Lamb review – Noomi Rapace outstanding in wild horror-comedy of Icelandic loneliness". The Guardian.
  8. Catsoulis, Jeannette (7 October 2021). "'Lamb' Review: Oh No, Not My Baby!". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  9. Ásgeir H. Ingólfsson (6 November 2021). "Hefnd sauðfjárins". Stundin (in Icelandic).
  10. Marta Bałaga (15 July 2021). "Interview: Valdimar Jóhannsson". Cineuropa.
  11. Andy Crump (20 October 2021). "The Language of Silence: Valdimar Jóhannsson on Lamb". Roger Ebert.
  12. Erik Pomrenke (22 September 2022). "Valdimar Jóhannsson's Lamb Sweeps Edda Awards". Iceland Review.
  13. "LAMB victorious at the Edda Awards 2022". Icelandic Film Centre. 19 September 2022.
  14. Erik Pomrenke (16 July 2021). "Valdimar Jóhannsson Film, Dýrið, Well Received At Cannes". The Reykjavík Grapevine.
  15. ^ "Lamb". Icelandic Film Centre.
  16. "Dolor". Icelandic Film Centre.
  17. "Dawn". Icelandic Film Centre.

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