Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (born 17 June 1948) is an Icelandic film director. He is mostly known for his series of Viking films, sometimes called "Cod Westerns". He won the award for Best Director at the 20th Guldbagge Awards for When the Raven Flies.
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
- Nationality
- Iceland
- Occupation
- film editor · screenwriter · director · poet · writer · playwright
- Fields
- film · film direction · film screenwriting · literature
- Education
- Stockholm University
- Honours
- Guldbagge Award for Best Director
- Languages
- Icelandic
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Gunnlaugsson is the brother of mathematician Þorvaldur Gunnlaugsson and the lawyer Snædís Gunnlaugsdóttir and the actress Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir. He was married to Edda Kristjánsdóttir and they have four children: Kristján born 1968 who is a poet and playwright, Tinna who is an actress, Sól who is an art designer and Örk who is an artist and was born in 1993.
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Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (born 17 June 1948) is recorded as a director and screenwriter. The birth of Hrafn Gunnlaugsson is recorded on 17 June 1948 in Reykjavik.
Filmography
Filmography
Áramótaskaupið (1974 edition) Óðal feðranna (1981) Inter Nos (Icelandic: Okkar á milli: Í hita og þunga dagsins) (1982) Hrafninn flýgur (When the Raven Flies) (1984) Middle Ages Now (Bödeln och skökan) (1986) Í skugga hrafnsins (In the Shadow of the Raven) (1988) Hvíti víkingurinn (The White Viking) (1991) Hin helgu vé (The Sacred Mound) (1993) Myrkrahöfðinginn (TV-series "Prince of Darkness") (2000) Reykjavík í öðru ljósi (2000) Opinberun Hannesar (2004) Orðstír (In development)
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 141396113, Hrafn Gunnlaugsson.
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