Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
- Directing
- May 12, 1954 · Reykjavík, Iceland
Biography
Fridrik Thor Fridriksson (Icelandic: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, pronounced [ˈfrɪðrɪk ˈθouːr ˈfrɪðrɪxsɔn]; born 12 May 1954; Reykjavík) is an Icelandic film director and producer. Fridriksson started his film making career with experimental films and documentaries in the early 1980s. In 1987, he founded The Icelandic Film Corporation that became Iceland's most important film production company. The company produces his films and works with other Icelandic directors as well as producers. His international reputation led the company to build a network of internationally well-established co-production partner companies, including Lars von Trier's Zentropa and Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope.
Known for
Filmography
- The Making Of: Angels of The Universe · Self
- Storm Alerts · Producer
- Epilogues · Producer
- Woman at Sea
- Mihkel · Producer
- Rúnturinn I · Producer
- Horizon · Director
- In Search of Livingstone · Producer
- Of Horses and Men · Producer
- Little Cosmonaut · Producer
- Season of the Witch · Director
- Mamma Gógó · Writer, Director
- The Sunshine Boy · Director
- Reykjavik-Rotterdam · Executive producer
- The Boss of It All · Finnur
- Beowulf & Grendel · Executive producer
- Guy X · Co-producer
- One Point O · Associate Producer
- Niceland (Population. 1.000.002) · Director
- Cold Light · Producer
- Investigation Into the Invisible World
- Falcons · Director, Writer
- On Top Down Under · Director, Screenplay
- No Such Thing · Producer
- Crossroads · Producer
- Virgil Bliss · Executive producer
- Plan B · Writer
- Dancer in the Dark · Associate Producer
- ERRÓ - North - South - East - West · Producer
- Fiasco · Producer
- Angels of the Universe · Director, Producer
- Ikingut · Executive producer
- Witchcraft · Producer
- Sweety Barrett · Co-producer
- The Split · Producer
- Wildside · Producer
- Slurpinn & Co. · Co-producer
- Sweet Track · Producer
- Underwater Iceland · Producer
- Devil's Island · Producer, Director
- I Am Curious, Film · Self
- Privacy · Producer
- Cold Fever · Director, Screenplay
- Movie Days · Director, Writer
- Wallpaper: An Erotic Love Story · Producer
- Children of Nature · Taxi Driver, Director
- Pretty Angels · Director
- Flugþrá · Director, Screenplay
- White Whales · Screenplay, Director
- The Ring Road · Director, Writer
- Icelandic Cowboys · Director, Cinematography
- Rock in Reykjavik · Producer, Director
- The Saga of Burnt Njál · Director
- Nomina Sunt Odiosa · Director, Screenplay
- Kill the Poet · Director, Producer