Róbert I. Douglas
- Directing
- June 4, 1973 · Reykjavik, Iceland
Biography
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).[1] 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). 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Stjörnubíó
- This Is Sanlitun · Director, Screenplay
- Men Ain't No Bitches · Sound, Cinematography
- Eleven Men Out · Director, Screenplay
- Small Mall · Producer, Director
- A Man Like Me · Director, Writer
- The Icelandic Dream · Director, Writer
- Man under the influence · Director
- Iceland is the Dream · Director
- Helvítis Reykjavík · Director
- Gaddavír í gelgjunni · Director