Grímur Hákonarson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Grímur.

Grímur Hákonarson (born 1977) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. His first feature film was Summerland from 2010, for which Grímur was nominated for the Edda Award for Best Screenplay. His next feature film was Rams, about two estranged brothers on the Icelandic countryside who come together to save their sheep. The film was selected for the Un Certain Regard section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

Filmography

• Varði Goes Europe (2002) (Documentary)
• Last Words of Hreggviður (2004) (Short)
• Slavek the Shit (2005) (Short)
• Wrestling (Bræðrabylta) (2007) (Short)
• Summerland (Sumarlandið) (2010)
• A Pure Heart (Hreint hjarta) (2012) (Documentary)
• Rams (Hrútar) (2015)

External links

• Grímur Hákonarson at the Icelandic Film Centre