Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Árni.

Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson
Born	(1972-04-16)16 April 1972 Reykjavík, Iceland
Died	26 April 2021(2021-04-26) (aged 49)
Alma mater	Łódź Film School
Occupations	film director screenwriter
Spouse	Marta Luiza Macuga
Children	1

Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson (16 April 1972 – 26 April 2021), also known as Árni Óli, was an Icelandic film director and screenwriter.[1] He graduated from the Łódź Film School in Poland in 2001.[2][3][4]

Árni Óli's career began with the celebrated short film Anna's Day (Annas dag), which won the International Award at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2003.[2] His first feature film was Thicker Than Water (Blóðbönd), which won the Special Prize of the Jury at International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg.[2] Árni Óli won the Edda Award for Best Film (Kvikmynd ársins) in 2011 for his work Undercurrent (Brim),[5] and also won the Russian Film Clubs Federation Award at the Moscow International Film Festival.[2] Árni Óli's third feature as director was the animated film Ploey: You Never Fly Alone (Lói: Þú flýgur aldrei einn) in 2018, the most expensive Icelandic film ever made.[6] His final feature film was the Polish-Icelandic production Wolka, released after his death in 2021.[7]

Personal life

Árni Óli was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, in 1972. He was married to Marta Luiza Macuga with whom he had one son.[8]

Illness and death

In February 2021, Árni Óli was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer. He died from the illness on 26 April the same year.[9][10]

Filmography

• Gaddavír í gelgjunni (1993, Short)
• P.S. (2001, Short)
• Anna's Day (Annas dag) (2003, Short)
• Thicker Than Water (Blóðbönd) (2006)
• Scratches: Part 1 (2006, Short)
• Undercurrent (Brim) (2010)
• Ploey: You Never Fly Alone (Lói: Þú flýgur aldrei einn) (2018)
• Wolka (2021)
• Queen (2022)

References

1. "Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson". Icelandic Film Centre. Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
2. "Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson, 1972–2021". Icelandic Film Centre. 27 April 2021. Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
3. Bjarni Rúnarsson (26 April 2021). "Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson látinn" [Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson passed away]. RÚV (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
4. "Andlát: Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson 1972-2021" [Death: Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson 1972-2021]. Klapptré (in Icelandic). 26 April 2021. Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
5. "Edduverðlaunin 2011". Edda Awards (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
6. "Most expensive Icelandic movie ever made". Morgunblaðið. 25 May 2015. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
7. Kyzer, Larissa (15 October 2021). "New Film Casts Iceland's Polish Community in New Light". Iceland Review. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
8. "Andlát: Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 27 April 2021. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
9. Guðrún Ósk Guðjónsdóttir. "Ekkja Árna Ólafs opnar sig um missinn – "Við vorum alls ekki undir það búin að hann myndi kveðja svona fljótt"". Dagblaðið Vísir. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
10. Hallgerður Kolbrún E. Jónsdóttir (26 April 2021). "Árni Ólafur er látinn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

External links

• Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson at the Icelandic Film Centre
• Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson at IMDb