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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.
59
Years Old
20
Movies
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Avg Rating
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.
Wallpaper: An Erotic Love Story
1992
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.
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Gender
Male
Birthday
February 27, 1966
Birthplace
Reykjavik, Iceland
Also Known As
No Such Thing
2002
Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel
2017
The Oath
2016
Reykjavik-Rotterdam
2008
Wallpaper: An Erotic Love Story
1992
The Split
1999
Me and Morrison
2001
Dark Ocean
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101 Reykjavik
2000
Regína
2001
Stormy Weather
2003
Devil's Island
1996
Draumur um draum
1996
Broken Glass
1988
Áramótaskaup: 2013
2013
Angels of the Universe
2000
Agnes
1995
Dream Hunters
1996
A Fairy Tale of Our Time
1992
Investigation Into the Invisible World
2002