Una Lorenzen
- Animation Department
- Director
- Writer
Una Lorenzen is an Icelandic film director and artist. In 2021 she was nominated by Cinema Eye Honors for outstanding animation for the documentary Rebel Hearts, which also traveled to festivals such as Sundance and Hot Docs. In 2016 she co-directed the documentary Yarn which won an Audience award at Nordisk Panorama and received excellent reviews in New York Times. Her latest short film Chasing Birds (2022) has won a few awards including the Golden Goblet for Best animated Short at Shanghai International Film Festival (2023) and at Reykjavik International Film Festival in 2022. Una has a Bachelor Degree in Graphic Design from Iceland Academy of the Arts (2004) and a Masters Degree in Experimental Animation from Cal Arts in California (2009). She lives in Reykjavík, Iceland but collaborates regularly with a wonderful team of animators, directors and producers in North America and Iceland.