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Baldvin Zophoníasson

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
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Award winning Baldvin Z has been one of the most prominent directors in Iceland for the past 6 years. Delivering two feature films (writer and director) and two television series (director) with over 40 film awards, both international as well as 18 Edda awards (the Icelandic Film and Television Academy Awards). Last year, he finished directing Island Songs for Universal Studios and Beyond Strength, an independent documentary. He recently released his third feature "Let Me Fall" at Toronto Film Festival, which has been met with universal praise. Glassriver's TV series "The Trip" will be his next project.
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  • Awards
    • 6 wins & 10 nominations

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Baldvin Zophoníasson
Premiere for Life in a fishbowl
With cast from Life in a fishbowl - Þorstein Bachman, Hera Hilmar, Thorvaldur David
Baldvin Z and Ólafur Arnalds working on Life in a fishbowl 2014
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Eddan 2014 - Best Director awards
Black Sands 2022 - On set with Jóhann DOP
Black Sands 2022 - The Creators on set
Berlinale 2022 - Black Sands TV world premiere
Baldvin Zophoníasson
Baldvin Zophoníasson
Best film - Febio Fest Life in a fishbowl

Known for

Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
Life in a Fishbowl
7.2
  • Director
  • 2014
Jitters (2010)
Jitters
6.8
  • Director
  • 2010
Reynir Sterki: Beyond Strength (2017)
Reynir Sterki: Beyond Strength
7.4
  • Producer
  • 2017
Elín Hall and Eyrún Björk Jakobsdóttir in Let Me Fall (2018)
Let Me Fall
7.8
  • Director
  • 2018

Credits

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Producer

  • Arfurinn minn (2023)
    Arfurinn minn
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Brúðkaupið mitt (2022)
    Brúðkaupið mitt
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Randalín og Mundi: Dagar í desember (2022)
    Randalín og Mundi: Dagar í desember
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Venjulegt fólk (2018)
    Venjulegt fólk
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2018–2022
  • Vitjanir (2022)
    Vitjanir
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Svörtu sandar (2021)
    Svörtu sandar
    • executive producer (2021)
    • TV Series
    • 2021–2022
  • Glaumbær (2022)
    Glaumbær
    • executive producer
    • TV Special
    • 2022
  • Journey (2021)
    Journey
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Líf dafnar (2021)
    Líf dafnar
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Eurogarðurinn (2020)
    Eurogarðurinn
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Spegill spegill (2020)
    Spegill spegill
    • producer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • Jarðarförin mín (2020)
    Jarðarförin mín
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Sápan (2020)
    Sápan
    • producer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • Framkoma (2019)
    Framkoma
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Ingvar Sigurdsson and Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir in A White, White Day (2019)
    A White, White Day
    • associate producer
    • 2019

Director

  • Svörtu sandar (2021)
    Svörtu sandar
    • Director (2021)
    • TV Series
    • 2021–2022
  • Journey (2021)
    Journey
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Elín Hall and Eyrún Björk Jakobsdóttir in Let Me Fall (2018)
    Let Me Fall
    • Director
    • 2018
  • Island Songs (2017)
    Island Songs
    • Director
    • 2017
  • Reynir Sterki: Beyond Strength (2017)
    Reynir Sterki: Beyond Strength
    • Director
    • 2017
  • Ólafur Darri Ólafsson in Trapped (2015)
    Trapped
    • Director (as Baldvin Z)
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Case (2015)
    Case
    • Director (as Baldvin Z)
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
    Life in a Fishbowl
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Jitters (2010)
    Jitters
    • Director
    • 2010
  • Hotel Earth
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2009

Writer

  • Svörtu sandar (2021)
    Svörtu sandar
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 2021–2022
  • Jarðarförin mín (2020)
    Jarðarförin mín
    • story
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Elín Hall and Eyrún Björk Jakobsdóttir in Let Me Fall (2018)
    Let Me Fall
    • Writer
    • 2018
  • Island Songs (2017)
    Island Songs
    • written by
    • 2017
  • Reynir Sterki: Beyond Strength (2017)
    Reynir Sterki: Beyond Strength
    • Writer
    • 2017
  • Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
    Life in a Fishbowl
    • Writer
    • 2014
  • Áramótaskaup (1966)
    Áramótaskaup
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • Hæ gosi (2010)
    Hæ gosi
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 2010
  • Jitters (2010)
    Jitters
    • written by
    • 2010
  • Hotel Earth
    • written by
    • Short
    • 2009

Personal details

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    • Baldvin Z
  • Born
    • 1978
    • Akureyri, Iceland

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