Róbert Ingi Douglas
Róbert Ingi Douglas (born 4 June 1973, in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic film director, screenwriter and cinematographer who made his feature film debut with Íslenski draumurinn (2000). That film became a sleeper hit in the summer of 2000 becoming one of Iceland's biggest box-office hits that year. Róbert Douglas followed the success of his first film with a darker film about subtle racism in Iceland's society, A Man Like Me (2002).
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Róbert Ingi Douglas
- Name
- Róbert Ingi Douglas
- Born
- 4 June 1973
- Birthplace
- Reykjavík, Iceland
- Occupation
- * film director
- Nationality
- Iceland
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That film proved to be another commercial success in Iceland. Douglas then made Eleven Men Out (2005), a film about an all-gay soccer team. The film has already become a success outside of Iceland and is the director's first film to do so. Before making Eleven Men Out, Douglas made a documentary for television. This Is Sanlitun (2013), a comedy feature film set in Beijing is Douglas's latest film and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2013, it is Douglas's first English-language film. Douglas is half Northern Irish and half Icelandic. His mother is from Iceland and his father is from Northern Ireland.
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• Name — Róbert Ingi Douglas • Born — 4 June 1973 • Birthplace — Reykjavík, Iceland • Occupation — * film director • screenwriter • cinematographer
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• The Icelandic Dream (Icelandic Íslenski draumurinn) (2000) • A Man Like Me (Icelandic. Maður eins og ég) (2002) • Small Mall (Icelandic. Mjóddin slá í gegn) (2004) • Eleven Men Out (Icelandic. Strákarnir okkar) (2005) • This Is Sanlitun (2013)
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