Silja Hauksdóttir

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

Silja Hauksdóttir
Born	(1976-01-12) 12 January 1976 (age 49)
Education	Binger Filmlab FAMU University of Iceland
Occupations	writer film director

Silja Hauksdóttir (born 12 January 1976) is an Icelandic writer and film director.[1]

After studying philosophy at the University of Iceland, Silja took courses in screenwriting, directing and cinematography at FAMU in Prague and Binger Filmlab in Amsterdam.[1]

She wrote the book Dís with Birna Anna Björnsdóttir and Oddný Sturludóttir [is],[2] and later directed the full-length film Dís [is] in 2004, which was nominated for the Nordic Council Film Prize.[3]

Silja directed the award-winning TV series The Girls [is], along with Ástríður [is] and Sisterhood.[1][4][5] Sisterhood was the first Icelandic programme to be included in the streaming service Walter Presents.[6][7]

She was also chosen to direct two editions of Áramótaskaupið – "The New Year's Lampoon" – in 2008 and 2014.[8][9]

Her second full-length film, Agnes Joy, was released in 2019,[10][11] for which she won the Edda Award for Best Film (Kvikmynd ársins).[12][13]

Filmography

As director:

• Dís [is] (2004)[14]
• The Choir (Kórinn) (2005 documentary)[15]
• The Girls [is] (Stelpurnar) (2005 TV series)[16]
• And It Was You (Og það varst þú) (2006 short)[17]
• The Government (Ríkið) (2008 TV series)[18]
• Ástríður [is] (2009–2013 TV series)[19]
• Agnes Joy (2019)[20]
• Sisterhood (Systrabönd) (2021 TV series)[21]

References

1. "Silja Hauksdóttir". Icelandic Film Centre.
2. Birna Anna Björnsdóttir; Oddný Sturludóttir; Silja Hauksdóttir (2000). Dís. Reykjavík: Forlagið. ISBN 9979-53-412-5. OCLC 47216177.
3. Sveinn Birkir Björnsson (29 June 2007). "In Movies, Ignorance is Bliss". The Reykjavík Grapevine.
4. Davide Abbatescianni (5 May 2021). "Silja Hauksdóttir's crime series Sisterhood set to land at Viaplay". cineuropa.
5. "Silja Hauksdóttir um SYSTRABÖND: Breyskar konur eru mitt uppáhald". Klapptré (in Icelandic). 11 March 2021.
6. Ellwood-Hughes, Pip (19 August 2022). "Walter Presents: 'Sisterhood' to launch on Channel 4 in September". Entertainment Focus.
7. "Sisterhood". All 4.
8. "Silja endurnýjar kynnin við Skaupið". RÚV (in Icelandic). 9 September 2014.
9. Nanna Árnadóttir (10 September 2014). "Women Taking Over Áramótaskaupið". The Reykjavík Grapevine.
10. Andie Sophia Fontaine (11 October 2019). "The Versions Of Ourselves: Silja Hauksdóttir On Agnes Joy And The Beauty Of Flaws". The Reykjavík Grapevine.
11. Valur Gunnarsson; Andie Sophia Fontaine (2 January 2020). "The City Across the Bay: 'Agnes Joy' Explores Teenage Life In Far-Off Suburbia". The Reykjavík Grapevine.
12. "Edduverðlaunin 2020". Edda Awards (in Icelandic).
13. Jennie Kermode (20 December 2020). "Interview with Silja Hauksdóttir, Katla M Þorgeirsdóttir and Donna Cruz about Agnes Joy". Eye For Film.
14. "Dis". Icelandic Film Centre.
15. "Kórinn". Icelandic Film Centre.
16. "Girls, The". Icelandic Film Centre.
17. "And It Was You". Icelandic Film Centre.
18. "Ríkið". Icelandic Film Centre.
19. "Ástríður". Icelandic Film Centre.
20. "Agnes Joy". Icelandic Film Centre.
21. "Sisterhood". Icelandic Film Centre.

External links

• Silja Hauksdóttir at the Icelandic Film Centre
• Silja Hauksdóttir at IMDb