Óskar Jónasson
Óskar Jónasson (born 30 June 1963) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. His film Remote Control was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. His most recent film Reykjavík-Rotterdam won four Edda Awards including Director of the Year and Best Screenplay.
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Óskar Jónasson
- Name
- Óskar Jónasson
- Born
- 30 June 1963
- Birthplace
- Reykjavík, Iceland
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter
- Awards
- Edda Award for Best Director Óskar Jónasson (born 30 June 1963) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter.
- Nationality
- Iceland.
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• Name — Óskar Jónasson • Born — 30 June 1963 • Birthplace — Reykjavík, Iceland • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter • Awards — Edda Award for Best Director Óskar Jónasson (born 30 June 1963) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. His film Remote Control was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. His most recent film Reykjavík-Rotterdam won four Edda Awards including Director of the Year and Best Screenplay.
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Óskar Jónasson (born 30 June 1963) is described as an actor in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The birth of Óskar Jónasson is recorded on 30 June 1963.
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Selected filmography
• The Sugarcubes: Live Zabor (1989) • SSL-25 (1990, short) • Remote Control (1992) • Limbó (1993, TV series) • Pearls and Swine (1997) • Úr öskunni í eldinn (2000) • Áramótaskaup (2001) • Áramótaskaup (2002) • 20/20 (2002) • Svínasúpan (2003, TV series) • Stelpurnar (2005, TV series) • Reykjavík-Rotterdam (2008) • Svartir englar (2008, TV series) • Thor: Legend of the Magical Hammer (2011) • Fiskar á Þurru Landi (2013) • Fyrir framan annað fólk (2016)
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