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.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Rams
2020
Original Film Writer
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
2019
Director, Writer
A widowed farmer begins a new life on her own terms by fighting against corruption and injustice in her community.
Little Moscow
2018
Director
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
2015
Director, Writer
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
2013
Director
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
2012
Director, Writer
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
2010
Director, Writer
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
2010
Director, Writer, Producer
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
2007
Director, Writer, Producer
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
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
2004
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
2004
Director, Screenplay
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
2002
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
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
Materalistic Love
1998
Director
Oiko Logos
1997
Director, Screenplay
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
Toilet Culture
1995
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
The film is about the culture that has developed in public lavatories.
The Unemployed
1994
Director
Limir á lausu I
1993
Director
Limir á lausu II
1993
Director
The Fence
N/A
Director, Story
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
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 ...