BERGSTEINN BJÖRGÚLFSSON
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Tv Series
Katla
Director: Baltasar Kormakur, Þóra Hilmarsdóttir.
Screenwriter: Ólafur Egilsson, Sigurjón Kjartansson, Lilja Sigurðardóttir, Davíð Már Stefánsson
Genre: Sci Fi, Drama.
One year after the violent eruption of the subglacial volcano Katla, the peace and tranquility in the small town of Vik is dramatically disturbed.
Trapped Series 1, 2 and 3
Director: Baltasr Kormákur, Börkur Sigþórsson, Óskar Þ. Axelsson, Ugla Hauksdóttir, Baldvin Z.
Screenwriter: Sigurjón Kjartansson, Clive Bradley
Genre: Crime, Drama
In a remote town in Iceland, Police desperately try to solve a crime as a powerful storm descends upon the town. All roads close so no one can get in or out. Everyone is a suspect.
Thin Ice
Director: Cecilie Mosli, Thale Persen.
Screenwriter: Lena Endre, Jóhann Ævar Grímsson, Birkir Blær Ingólfsson, Jónas Margeir Ingólfsson
Genre: Crime, Drama
A research vessel disappears in the waters off Greenland. Pure coincidence or dirty conspiracy?
Pabbahelgar/Happily Never After
Director: Nanna Krístín Magnúsdóttir, Marteinn Þórsson.
Screenwriter: Nanna Krístín Magnúsdóttir, Huldar Breiðfjörð, Sólveig Jónsdóttir
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Karen, a 38-year-old couples counselor and mother of three, has her life turned upside down when she discovers her husband's infidelity. Suddenly single, she must say good-bye to the utopian vision of the perfect nuclear family, and the professional advice she gives her clients now seem absurd. Every other weekend, the so-called "daddy weekends", are what Karen no fears most.
Worlds End
Director: Ragnar Bragason
Screenwriter: Ragnar Bragason, Jóhann Ævar Grímsson, Jörundur Ragnarsson, Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Einar, a charismatic history teacher is committed to a remote mental asylum in Iceland. During the bank holiday weekend he initiates an uprising that transforms into a proper revolution where the lunatics literally take over the asylum.
Nightshift
Director: Ragnar Bragason
Screenwriter: Jón Gnarr, Jörundur Ragnarsson, Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon, Ragnar Bragason, Jóhann Ævar Grímsson.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Three men working at a gas station in Reykjavik battle boredom, strange visitors and their own customers. The series was a breakthrough in Iceland TV. Received the Edda awards for best TV-series 2007.
Dayshift
Director: Ragnar Bragason
Screenwriter: Jón Gnarr, Jörundur Ragnarsson, Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon, Ragnar Bragason, Jóhann Ævar Grímsson.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
The comedy continues when the night shift is over and the three men go working on a day shift in a small district from outside the city. Received the Edda awards for best TV-series 2008.
Prisonshift
Director: Ragnar Bragason
Screenwriter: Jón Gnarr, Jörundur Ragnarsson, Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon, Ragnar Bragason, Jóhann Ævar Grímsson.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Last but not least the comedy ends after finding out that one of the three men murdered a woman in the day shift and every single one of them go to prison but always a happy ending. Received the Edda awards for best TV-series 2010.
Hlemmavideo
Director: Styrmir Sigurðsson
Screenwriters: Hugleikur Dagsson, Ari Eldjárn, Sigurjón Kjartansson, María Reyndal, Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon
Genre: Comedy
Siggi inherits the very first Icelandic video rental shop. The place seems to be the perfect spot for him to start another business: become a private detective.
Court
Director. Sævar Guðmundsson
Screenwriter: Sigurjón Kjartansson, Margrét Örnólfsdóttir, Kristinn Þórðarsson.
Genre: Crime, Drama.
A legal drama, set in Iceland. Logi loves the gray zone of law.