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Baltasar Kormákur

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59 Years Old

Baltasar Kormákur Baltasarsson is an Icelandic actor, theatre and film director, and producer. He is best known for directing the films 101 Reykjavík, The Sea, A Little Trip to Heaven, Contraband, 2 Guns, Everest, Touch, and the TV series Katla. Baltasar Kormákur Baltasarsson was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. His father is the Catalan painter Baltasar Samper. In 1999, Baltasar founded the film production company Blueeyes with his wife Lilja Pálmadóttir. Agnes Johansen is another producer at the company, and Dadi Einarsson joined later. Baltasar won the Crystal Globe award for his film Jar City at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2007.  In December 2011, the production of the drama film Rocketman was announced, with Baltasar Kormákur and Dagur Kári set to direct. Baltasar's 2012 film The Deep was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, making the January shortlist. In January 2013, it was announced that a new film, Rocketman, would be produced by Baltasar with his partner Agnes Johansen, with Danish production company Nimbus Film co-producing. The film's expected release was in 2015. In February 2015, it was announced that his next film would be the crime-thriller The Oath, which is based on a script by actor Ólafur Egilsson. In 2020, Baltasar began production of the Netflix science fiction series Katla. His 2024 film Touch became the closing film at Filmfest München. Baltasar's wife is Lilja Pálmadóttir, and their son is actor Baltasar Breki Samper. Description above from the Wikipedia article Baltasar Kormákur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Reykjavik, Iceland on 27th February 1966

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The Oath
Finnur
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Reykjavik-Rotterdam
Kristófer
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No Such Thing
Dr. Artaud
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101 Reykjavik
Þröstur
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Me and Morrison
Askildsen
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Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel
Self
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Regína
Ívar
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Angels of the Universe
Óli
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Broken Glass
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Stormy Weather
Einar
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Devil's Island
Baddi
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Agnes
Natan
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Investigation Into the Invisible World
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Draumur um draum
The Split Image
The Split
Friðrik
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Dream Hunters
Gunnar
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A Fairy Tale of Our Time
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Wallpaper: An Erotic Love Story