Director

Guðný Halldórsdóttir

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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 0All crew credits: 12

TMDB ID: 224889

IMDb ID: nm0356338

Known for: Directing

Born: January 23, 1954

Age: 72

Place of birth: Iceland

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1978 - 2009

Years active: 32

Wikidata: Q437921

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Director (6)Assistant Director (1)Director of Photography (1)Writer (2)Screenplay (1)Script Supervisor (1)

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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 Dóri DNA.

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