Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
Film Director, Iceland
Fridrik Thor Fridriksson started his film making carrier with a series of experimental films and documentaries in the early 1980s. In 1987, he founded The Icelandic Film Corporation, which has become Iceland’s most important production company, producing Fridrikssons films as well as working with other Icelandic directors and producers. Through Fridriksson’s international reputation the company has built a network of internationally well-established co-production partner companies, including Lars von Triers Zentropa and most recently, Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope. As a director, Fridriksson gained international recognition and critical acclaim with his second feature Children of Nature (1991), which was nominated for an Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film.
Awarded Films
in 12nd Festroia International Film Festival
in 8th Festroia International Film Festival
in 32nd Karlovy Vary Film Festival
in 35th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival