Dagur Kári

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1973-12-12 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, Frankrig

Dagur Kári

Biography

Dagur Kári (born Dagur Kári Pétursson; 12 December 1973; Paris) is an Icelandic film director. He was born in Paris, France, to Icelandic parents. The family returned to Iceland when he was 3 years old. After attending local schools as a child, Kári went to Denmark for college. He graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1999, having created the art house short movie Lost Weekend. The film won 11 prizes on the international festival circuit. Kari's first feature film Noi the Albino (Nói albínói, 2003) won several international awards. His second film, Voksne mennesker (Dark Horse, 2005) was screened in the Un Certain Regard sec...

Acting

2024

I'll Be Your Mirror

as Pancake Gang

Production

2003

Noi the Albino

as Director

2003

Noi the Albino

as Screenplay

2005

Dark Horse

as Screenplay

2005

Dark Horse

as Director

2009

The Good Heart

as Director

2012

Dawn

as Music

2012

1999

Lost Weekend

as Director

1999

Lost Weekend

as Writer

2018

Backstabbing for Beginners

as Executive Producer

2015

Virgin Mountain

as Director

2015

1997

The Violinmaker

as Director

1997

2015

2003

2015

1999

Old Spice

as Director

1999

Old Spice

as Screenplay

2019

The Kindness of Strangers

as Executive Producer

2023

Hygge!

as Director

2023

Hygge!

as Screenplay

2020

The Day We Died

as Executive Producer

2009

The Good Heart

as Screenplay

2001

Dramarama

as Director

2010

Undercurrent

as Original Music Composer

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