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Aliases: Dagur Kári Pétursson

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Paris, Frankrig

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Movie Involvements: 26

TV Involvements: 2


Most Famous Work

Biography

Dagur Kári (born Dagur Kári Pétursson; 12 December 1973; Paris) is an Icelandic film director. He was born in Paris, France, to Icelandic parents. The family returned to Iceland when he was 3 years old. After attending local schools as a child, Kári went to Denmark for college. He graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1999, having created the art house short movie Lost Weekend. The film won 11 prizes on the international festival circuit. Kari's first feature film Noi the Albino (Nói albínói, 2003) won several international awards. His second film, Voksne mennesker (Dark Horse, 2005) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. In 2008, he finished his first English-language film The Good Heart, starring Americans Brian Cox and Paul Dano, and French actress Isild Le Besco. He is also a member of the band Slowblow. He featured their music in Nói albínói. In December 2011 it was announced to produce a drama film Rocketman, which eventually became Virgin Mountain, with Baltasar Kormákur and Dagur Kári was set to direct the film. In January 2013 it is again announced that film will be produced by Kormákur with his partner Agnes Johansen. Denmark's Nimbus Film will co-produce the film. Film's production started in February and will be filmed in the end of 2013, is expected to release in 2015.

Most Famous Work

Borgen - Power & Glory
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8

Borgen - Power & Glory

(2022) Director
Backstabbing for Beginners
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6

Backstabbing for Beginners

(2018) Executive Producer
Welcome to Utmark
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7

Welcome to Utmark

(2021) Director
Virgin Mountain
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7

Virgin Mountain

(2015) Writer
Noi the Albino
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7

Noi the Albino

(2003) Screenplay
The Day We Died
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5

The Day We Died

(2020) Executive Producer
The Good Heart
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6

The Good Heart

(2009) Screenplay
Hygge!
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5

Hygge!

(2023) Screenplay

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2005 Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Writing

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2020 Executive Producer
2018 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Editing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2015 Editor
Year Role Movie/Tv

Sound


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