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Baltasar Kormákur
Baltasar Kormákur
	Baltasar in 2022
Born	Baltasar Kormákur Baltasarsson; 27 February 1966 (age 58); Reykjavík, Iceland
Alma mater	Iceland University of the Arts
Occupations	Actor; film director; film producer; screenwriter;
Years active	1992–present
Children	Baltasar Breki Samper
Website	rvkstudios.is

Baltasar Kormákur Baltasarsson is an Icelandic actor, theatre and film director, and film 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.

Early life and education

Baltasar Kormákur Baltasarsson was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. His father is the Catalan painter Baltasar Samper.^{[citation needed]}

Career

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.^[1]

For his film Jar City, Baltasar won the Crystal Globe award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2007.

In December 2011, the production of drama film Rocketman was announced, with Baltasar Kormákur and Dagur Kári set to direct.^[2]^[3]

Baltasar's 2012 film The Deep was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards,^[4] making the January shortlist.^[5]

In January 2013, it was announced that a new film, Rocketman, would be produced by Baltasar with his partner Agnes Johansen,^[6] with Danish production company Nimbus Film co-producing. The film's expected release was 2015.^[1]

In February 2015, it was announced that his next film would be the crime-thriller The Oath,^[7] which is based on a script by actor Ólafur Egilsson.^[8]

In 2020, Baltasar began production of the Netflix science fiction series Katla.^[9]

His 2024 film Touch became the closing film at Filmfest München.^[10]

Personal life

Baltasar's wife is Lilja Pálmadóttir,^[1] and their son is actor Baltasar Breki Samper.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Credited as
Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer
1996	Go LazyTown	Yes	No	Yes
2000	101 Reykjavík	Yes	Yes	Yes
2002	The Sea	Yes	Yes	Yes
2005	A Little Trip to Heaven	Yes	Yes	Yes
2006	Jar City	Yes	Yes	Yes
2008	White Night Wedding	Yes	Yes	Yes
2010	Inhale	Yes	No	No
2012	Contraband	Yes	Yes	No
2012	The Deep	Yes	Yes	Yes
2013	2 Guns	Yes	No	No
2015	Everest	Yes	Yes	No
2016	The Oath	Yes	Yes	Yes
2018	Adrift	Yes	Yes	No
2022	Beast	Yes	Yes	No
2024	Touch	Yes	Yes	Yes

Producer only

Pop in Reykjavík (1998) (Documentary)
Stormy Weather (2003)
Dís (2004)
The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela (2008) (Executive producer)
Reykjavík-Rotterdam (2008)
Summerland (2010)
Virgin Mountain (2015)
Vultures (2018)
Against the Ice (2022)

Television

Year	Title	Credited as		Notes
Year	Title	Director	Producer	Notes
2013	Hulli	No	Executive
2013	The Missionary	Yes	No	TV movie
2015–2019	Trapped	Yes	Yes	Creator
2016	The Mayor	No	Yes
2021	Katla	Yes	Yes	Directed 4 episodes
TBA	King and Conqueror	Yes	Yes

Acting credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Wallpaper: Erotic Love Story	Lass
1992	A Fairy of Our Time	—	Short film
1995	Agnes	Natan
1996	Dream Hunters	Gunnar
1996	Devil's Island	Baddi
1999	Split	Fridrik
2000	Angels of the Universe	Óli
2000	101 Reykjavík	Þröstur
2001	No Such Thing	Dr. Artaud
	Me and Morrison	Askildsen
	Regina	Ivan
2003	Stormy Weather	Einar
2008	Reykjavík-Rotterdam	Kristófer
2016	The Oath	Finnur

Awards and honors

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Notes
2000	Chicago International Film Festival	Gold Hugo	101 Reykjavík	Nominated	New Directors Competition
	Edda Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Englar Alheimsins	Nominated
		Best Film	101 Reykjavík	Nominated	Shared with: Ingvar Þórðarson
		Best Director		Nominated
		Best Screenplay		Won
	European Film Awards	European Discovery of the Year		Nominated
	Locarno International Film Festival	Golden Leopard		Nominated
	Locarno International Film Festival	Youth Jury Award: Euro<26		Won
	Lubeck Nordic Film Days	Prize of the Ecumenical Jury		Won
	Thessaloniki Film Festival	FIPRESCI Prize		Won	"For the homogeneous and literary treating of complicated contemporary sexual relationships with a sense of humour."
	Toronto International Film Festival	Discovery Award		Won	Tied With George Washington
2001	Berlin International Film Festival	Shooting Star		Won
	Bogota Film Festival	Golden Precolumbian Circle	101 Reykjavík	Nominated	Best film
	Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema	Best Film		Nominated
	Pula Film Festival	Big Golden Arena		Won	European Competition: Best Film
	Rouen Nordic Film Festival	Grand Jury Prize		Won
	Tbilisi International Film Festival	Prize of the Union of Georgian Filmmakers		Won
2002	Edda Awards	Best Screenplay	The Sea	Won	Shared with: Ólafur Haukur Símonarson
		Best Film		Won
		Best Director		Won
	Nordic Council Film Prize	Icelandic Entry		Nominated
	San Sebastián Film Festival	Golden Seashell		Nominated
2003	Istanbul International Film Festival	Golden Tulip		Nominated
	Istanbul International Film Festival	FIPRESCI Prize		Won	"For its deep observation of social and cultural wounds of a disintegrating family faced with globalization."
	Tromsø International Film Festival	Audience Award		Won
2005	Nordic Council Film Prize	Icelandic Entry	Dís	Nominated	Shared with: Silja Hauksdóttir (director, writer), Birna Anna Björnsdóttir (writer), Oddný Sturludóttir (writer) and Agnes Johansen (producer)
2006	Cognac Festival du Film Policier	Critics Award	A Little Trip to Heaven	Won
	Edda Awards	Best Film	Jar City	Won	Shared with: Agnes Johansen and Lilja Pálmadóttir (producers)
	Edda Awards	Best Director	Jar City	Won
	Göteborg Film Festival	FIPRESCI Prize	A Little Trip to Heaven	Won
	Nordic Council Film Prize	Icelandic Entry	A Little Trip to Heaven	Nominated	Shared with: Edward Martin Weinman (writer) and Sigurjón Sighvatsson (producer)
2007	Nordic Council Film Prize	Icelandic Entry	Jar City	Nominated	Shared with: Agnes Johansen and Lilja Pálmadóttir (producers)
	Karlovy Vary International Film Festival	Crystal Globe		Won	Shared with: Lilja Pálmadóttir (producer)
	Karlovy Vary International Film Festival	Don Quijote Award		Won
2008	Edda Awards	Best Film	White Night Wedding	Won
	Nordic Council Film Prize	Icelandic Entry	White Night Wedding	Nominated	Shared with: Ólafur Egilsson (writer), Agnes Johansen, Kim Magnusson, and Lilja Pálmadóttir (producers)
	Valenciennes International Festival of Action and Adventure Films	Grand Prize	Jar City	Won	Shared with: Agnes Johansen and Lilja Pálmadóttir (producers)
		Best Direct	Jar City	Won
2010	Rouen Nordic Film Festival	Young Audience Award	White Night Wedding	Won
2011	Edda Awards	Best Director	Inhale	Nominated
2012	Les Arcs European Film Festival	Crystal Arrow	The Deep	Nominated
2012	Mar del Plata Film Festival	Best Film		Nominated
2013	Edda Awards	Best Screenplay		Nominated	Shared with: Jón Atli Jónasson
	Edda Awards	Best Director		Won
	European Film Awards	Audience Award		Nominated
	Göteborg Film Festival	Dragon Award		Nominated	Best Nordic Film
	Locarno International Film Festival	Variety Piazza Grande Award	2 Guns	Nominated
	Nordic Council Film Prize	Icelandic Entry	The Deep	Nominated
2014	Göteborg Film Festival	Nordic Honorary Dragon Award		Won
2015	CinemaCon	International Filmmaker of the Year		Won

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Oscar Hopeful Baltasar Kormakur to Produce Dagur Kari's 'Rocketman'". The Wrap. 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
^ "Dagur Kari writing Icelandic film Rocket Man; Baltasar Kormakur to produce". screendaily.com. 15 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
^ "Contraband Director Baltasar Kormakur to Produce ROCKET MAN". filmofilia.com. 15 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
^ "Djúpið framlag Íslands til Óskarsverðlaunanna". svarthofdi.is. 25 September 2012. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
^ "9 Foreign Language Films Vie For Oscar". Oscars. Archived from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
^ "Baltasar Kormakur to produce Dagur Kari's Rocketman". screendaily.com. 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
^ "The Oath". thewrap.com. 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
^ "The Oath". RVK Studios. 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
^ Sperling, Nicole (15 May 2020). "Two Projects Are Filming Again. Here's How They're Doing It". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
^ Economou, Vassilis (18 June 2024). "Filmfest München unveils its full programme". Cineuropa. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

External links

Baltasar Kormákur at IMDb
Baltasar Kormákur at AllMovie

[wrap2013-1] "Oscar Hopeful Baltasar Kormakur to Produce Dagur Kari's 'Rocketman'". The Wrap. 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

[2] "Dagur Kari writing Icelandic film Rocket Man; Baltasar Kormakur to produce". screendaily.com. 15 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

[3] "Contraband Director Baltasar Kormakur to Produce ROCKET MAN". filmofilia.com. 15 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

[Oscars-4] "Djúpið framlag Íslands til Óskarsverðlaunanna". svarthofdi.is. 25 September 2012. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2012.

[Oscar_Shortlist-5] "9 Foreign Language Films Vie For Oscar". Oscars. Archived from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

[6] "Baltasar Kormakur to produce Dagur Kari's Rocketman". screendaily.com. 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

[7] "The Oath". thewrap.com. 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

[8] "The Oath". RVK Studios. 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

[9] Sperling, Nicole (15 May 2020). "Two Projects Are Filming Again. Here's How They're Doing It". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.

[10] Economou, Vassilis (18 June 2024). "Filmfest München unveils its full programme". Cineuropa. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

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