Grímur Hákonarson

Grímur Hákonarson

1977-01-01 Iceland 23 Credits

Biography

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 and won the Un Certain Regard Award.

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Rams

Rams

2020

Original Film Writer

6.4
Writing

In remote Western Australia, two estranged farmer brothers, Colin and Les, are at war. But when Les' prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal ill...

The County

The County

2019

Director, Writer

6.3
Directing Writing

A widowed farmer begins a new life on her own terms by fighting against corruption and injustice in her community.

Little Moscow

Little Moscow

2018

Director

Directing

During the Cold War, Iceland was part of the West. They became a member of NATO and the United States operated a military base there. Centerright coal...

Rams

Rams

2015

Director, Writer

7.0
Directing Writing

In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the count...

The Laxá Farmers

The Laxá Farmers

2013

Director

Directing

The Laxá Farmers is about old farmers who 40 years ago blew up a dam to save their valley. They had protested for years but were losing the battle and...

A Pure Heart

A Pure Heart

2012

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

A priests work is never done. In Clean Heart we get to know Kristinn Ágúst Friðfinnsson a priest in the town of Selfoss. While fulfilling the various ...

Summerland

Summerland

2010

Director, Writer

5.7
Directing Writing

An art-house comedy about an ordinary family running the unusual business of elf tourism and spiritual sessions. Their house is built around an elf st...

Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want

Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want

2010

Director, Writer, Producer

4.0
Directing Writing Producing

Elliot Tittensor (TV's Shameless) stars as Daz in headlining film PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT, a gripping British film debut that sees him woo a young...

Wrestling

Wrestling

2007

Director, Writer, Producer

4.5
Directing Writing Producing

A love story about two gay wrestlers living in rural Iceland who must keep their relationship a secret from the inner world of Iceland's national and ...

Slavek the Shit

2005

Director, Writer

7.0
Directing Writing

Slavek is an elderly caretaker of a public lavatory and is proud of his job. He becomes anxious to see more and more automatic toilets installed in to...

Last Words of Hreggviður

Last Words of Hreggviður

2004

Acting

Hreggvidur, an old right-winger, dies of a heart attack while trying to publish an article in The Conservative Paper. Hreggvidur has been a regular co...

Last Words of Hreggviður

Last Words of Hreggviður

2004

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing

Hreggvidur, an old right-winger, dies of a heart attack while trying to publish an article in The Conservative Paper. Hreggvidur has been a regular co...

Varði Goes Europe

Varði Goes Europe

2002

Director, Director of Photography, Editor

Directing

Varði goes to Europe is an independent sequel to Varði Goes on Tour. This time Varði heads to mainland Europe with his guitar to become a street artis...

Varði Goes on Tour

2001

Director, Director of Photography, Editor

Directing

Materalistic Love

1998

Director

Directing
Oiko Logos

Oiko Logos

1997

Director, Screenplay

6.5
Directing Writing

Oiko logos takes place in an ecosystem which is totally silent. But the inhabitants use sounds as a basic nourishment and therefore they have to trave...

Weekend in Auschwitz

1996

Director

Directing

Toilet Culture

1995

Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography

Directing Writing

The film is about the culture that has developed in public lavatories.

The Unemployed

1994

Director

Directing

Limir á lausu I

1993

Director

Directing

Limir á lausu II

1993

Director

Directing
The Fence

The Fence

N/A

Director, Story

Directing Writing

Two liberal newlyweds find themselves increasingly at odds with their ultra-conservative ex-marine neighbor over a nine-foot-tall fence that he insist...

200 Kopavogur

N/A

Director

Directing

The 1960s-set story is about two brothers who are some of the first inhabitants of a new suburban town in Iceland. One day the older brother asks his ...