Þráinn Bertelsson
Directing
- Born
- November 30, 1944 (age 81) · Iceland
Þráinn Bertelsson (born 30 November 1944) is an Icelandic film director, writer, politician, journalist and newspaper editor. He moved into politics in the wake of the financial crisis in 2008, and was elected a member of the Althing in 2009, initially for the Citizens' Movement. He later left the party to become an independent MP, before joining the Left-Green Movement, which he currently represents.
Þráinn has written, directed and produced seven feature films. His 1981 film Jón Oddur & Jón Bjarni (English title: The Twins) won a Silver Award at the 1982 Giffoni Film Festival. His 1989 film Magnús was nominated for two European Film Awards, for best picture and best script, and received the 1990 DV Cultural Prize in Iceland. He was the first filmmaker to be granted a lifetime award by the Althing. He was a co-founder of Norðan 8 and in 1982 founded his own film company, Nýtt líf (New Life Ltd.). He served a year as chairman of The Association of Icelandic Film Directors.
Known for
Behind the camera7
- 1995Privacy Director
- 1989Magnús Writer, Director
- 1985A Policeman's Life Director, Writer
- 1985Deep Winter Writer, Director
- 1984Pastoral Life Director, Writer
- 1983New Life Writer, Director
- 1981The Twins Director, Writer
Acting5
- 2013XL as Himself
- 2010The Messenger