Valdimar Jóhannsson

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.[1][2]

Valdimar was born in northern Iceland in 1978.[3] He has worked in various filmmaking jobs, including grip, lighting, cinematographer and effects technician[4][5] 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.[6] 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.[3]

Valdimar's first feature film was Lamb (2021), which he both directed and wrote.[7][8][9][10][11] Lamb swept the board at the 2022 Edda Awards, winning 12 titles, including Best Film and Best Screenplay for Valdimar.[12][13] 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.[14][15]

Valdimar lives in Reykjavík with his wife and daughters.[3]

Filmography

As director:

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. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "Lamb". Icelandic Film Centre.
  16. ^ "Dolor". Icelandic Film Centre.
  17. ^ "Dawn". Icelandic Film Centre.
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