Sara Gunnarsdóttir

Sara Gunnarsdóttir (born in 1982 in Reykjavik) is an Icelandic director, animator, and artist. She is mainly known for directing and animating sequences of The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015) and for directing and animating the Oscar-nominated short film My Year of Dicks (2022).

In 2003, Gunnarsdóttir received a BFA from the Icelandic Academy of the Arts. She also holds an MFA in Experimental Animation from CalArts, from which she graduated in 2012. Gunnarsdóttir worked on Marielle Heller’s feature The Diary of a Teenage Girl and HBO’s The Case Against Adnan Sayed. Her work has been showcased at AFI Fest, SXSW, Annecy, and the Telluride Film Festival. With My Year of Dicks (2022), Gunnarsdóttir won the Special Jury Awards at SXSW for Unique Vision in Writing and Directing and was awarded the Crystal Prize for Best TV Production at Annecy Animation Film Festival.