Óskar Þór Axelsson

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

Óskar Þór Axelsson
Born (1973-06-28) 28 June 1973 (age 51)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Alma materUniversity of Iceland
NYU
Occupations
  • film director
  • screenwriter
Known forBlack's Game
I Remember You
Websiteoskarthoraxelsson.com

Óskar Þór Axelsson (born 28 June 1973)[1] is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter.[2][3][4] He is best known for the 2012 crime film Black's Game and the 2017 mystery-horror I Remember You.

Early life and education

Óskar was born and raised in Reykjavík, Iceland.[1] Hecompleted his Bachelor of Arts degree in general literature at the University of Iceland in 1997 and then spent one year in the ERASMUS exchange program at the University College London. He graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Filmmaking from New York University in 2006.[1]

Career

Óskar's first full-length film was Black's Game (2012), based on the novel of the same name by Stefán Máni [is].[5] In the 2013 Edda Awards, Óskar won Screenplay of the Year (Handrit ársins) for the film,[6][7] and it became the second highest grossing Icelandic film of all time.[2] A prequel to Black's Game was due for release in 2024, and a sequel in 2025.[8][9]

Óskar's second film was I Remember You (2017), based on a novel of the same name by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir.[10][11][12][13] It was the most watched and the highest grossing film in Iceland in 2017.[14]

Óskar has also directed the TV series Stella Blómkvist,[15] and five episodes of the TV series Trapped.[16]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c ""Ég man þig" í bígerð". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 June 2013. pp. 42–43. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Óskar Þór Axelsson". Creative Artists Iceland.
  3. ^ Valur Gunnarsson (2 June 2017). "Only Mildly Scary: Horror and Icelandic Cinema". The Reykjavík Grapevine.
  4. ^ "Bakaríið - Óskar Þór Axelsson, leikstjóri með meiru svaraði 20 ógeðslega mikilvægum spurningum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 20 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Svartur á leik sýnd í Hong Kong". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 6 March 2012. p. 25. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  6. ^ "The Deep Wins 11 Edda Awards". Iceland Review. 18 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Edduverðlaun 2013". Edda Awards (in Icelandic). 5 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Svartur á þríleik". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 6 October 2022.
  9. ^ Oddur Ævar (6 October 2022). "Réttur tími til að gera þríleik". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). p. 34. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  10. ^ Webster, Andy (9 November 2017). "Review: 'I Remember You' Is a Piercing Horror Film From Iceland". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  11. ^ "New Icelandic Thriller Premieres". Iceland Review. 5 May 2017.
  12. ^ "´Mynd byggð á bók Yrsu verður "draugaþriller"". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 17 March 2015. p. 34. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  13. ^ Kristján Guðjónsson (25 May 2017). "Tók kvikmyndagerð fram yfir lögfræðina". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). pp. 34–35. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  14. ^ "Admissions for Icelandic films by year". Icelandic Film Centre.
  15. ^ "Óskar Þór Axelsson og Jóhann Ævar Grímsson ræða "Stellu Blómkvist"". klapptre.is (in Icelandic). 25 November 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  16. ^ "Ástarævintýri sem hófst snemma". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 8 January 2016. p. 26. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  17. ^ "Fyrsta íslenska vísindaskáldsögumyndin í tökur". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 1 July 2005. p. 34. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  18. ^ Vala Hafstað (23 April 2022). "Multinational Cast of 'Operation Napoleon'". Morgunblaðið.