Guðný Halldórsdóttir

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1954-01-23 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Iceland

Guðný Halldórsdóttir

Biography

Guðný Halldórsdóttir (born 23 January 1954) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. She has directed eight films since 1984, including Under the Glacier and The Honour of the House. She wrote the screenplay for 1986 comedy Stella í orlofi (Stella on Vacation) and directed its 2002 sequel, Stella í framboði (Stella running for Office). Her 2007 film The Quiet Storm was entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival. Her father was writer and 1955 Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness, while her mother was writer and textile designer Auður Laxness. Her son is rapper, actor and comedian Halldór Laxness Halldórsson, better known as...

Production

1992

The Men's Choir

as Director

1992

1980

Dot Dot Comma Dash

as Script Supervisor

1992

1989

Under the Glacier

as Director of Photography

2007

The Quiet Storm

as Director

2009

1983

A Message to Sandra

as Screenplay

2002

1989

1978

Lily

as Assistant Director

2005

Ragnar í Smára

as Director

2005

Ragnar í Smára

as Screenplay

2005

1994

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