Birgit Guðjónsdóttir

Birgit Guðjónsdóttir at the German Camera Prize 2018

Birgit Guðjónsdóttir (German transcription Birgit Gudjonsdottir , born January 4, 1962 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic camerawoman who creates images .

Life

Birgit Guðjónsdóttir was born in Reykjavík in 1962 as the daughter of an Austrian artist and an Icelandic carpenter. She grew up in Iceland, Norway, Germany and Austria. After studying photography in Vienna, she worked as a camera assistant in international film and television productions. She has been the Director of Photography / Cinematographer since 1992.

Birgit Guðjónsdóttir has been a lecturer at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy since 1998 . From 2005 to 2010 she lectured at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin. Since 2010 she has been teaching regularly at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf (Potsdam), where she was awarded an honorary professorship in 2013. She is a member of the German Film Academy and the European Film Academy (EFA). In 2012 she was appointed a board member of 'IMAGO' European Federation of Cinematographers. Since 2008 she has been 'IMAGO' representative of the Federal Camera Association (BVK).

Birgit Guðjónsdóttir lives and works in Berlin.

Filmography (selection)

• 1998: Kommissar Rex (TV series) - Director: M. Riebl, H. Werner
• 2000: The Scent of the Wide World (TV documentary) - Director: Claudia Pöchlauer
• 2001: Tazara (TV documentary) - Director: Claudia Pöchlauer
• 2002: And Tschüss Ihr Lieben (TV movie) - Director: Connie Walther
• 2002: Was war Links (TV documentary) - Director: Andreas Schmidt
• 2003: Jargo (feature film) - Director: Maria Sigurdardóttir
• 2006: No Name City (cinema documentary) - Director: Florian Flicker
• 2008: Schattenwelt (feature film) - Director: Connie Walther
• 2010: And we are not the only ones (TV film) - Director: Christoph Röhl
• 2010: Our Grand Despair (feature film) - Director: Seyfi Teoman
• 2010: Tomorrow you will leave (cinema documentary) - Director: Martin Nguyen
• 2012: Eisheimat (cinema documentary) - Director: Heike Fink
• 2012: Zappelphilipp (TV movie) - Director: Connie Walther
• 2013: Tatort - Breakfast Forever (TV series)
• 2014: For my sisters (TV documentary) - Director: Stephanus Domanig
• 2015: Welcome to Iceland (feature film) - Director: Felix Tissi
• 2015: Men alone on Olympus, because women, naked in pumps, with a sack full of stones have to climb the film Olympus (documentary) - director: Margrét Rún
• 2016: Wedding of my parents (TV movie) - Director: Connie Walther
• 2016: Years of Forgetting (TV feature film) - Director: Esther Gronenborn
• 2017: I will not be silent - Director: Esther Gronenborn
• 2017: Die Rüden - Director: Connie Walther

Awards

• 2018: German Acting Award - Special Award in the Heavy Duty category
• 2018: German Camera Award (Honorary Award)
• 2013: 'Cinematographer Award', The Woman International Film and Television Showcase
• 2011: The Best Director of Photography Award for 'Our Grand Despair', Istanbul Film Festival

Nominations

• 2012: 'Zappelphilipp', nominated for the German Camera Prize and nominated for the Camera Prize of the German Academy for Television
• 2011: 'And we are not the only ones', nominated for the German television award

Festival participation

• 2012: 'Zappelphilipp', Biarritz Film Festival
• 2011: 'Our Grand Despair', Berlinale competition, Istanbul Film Festival
• 2009: 'Shadow World', Rome Film Festival Competition
• 2004: 'Jargo', Berlinale competition 14plus

Web links

Commons : Birgit Gudjonsdottir  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Birgit Guðjónsdóttir at filmportal.de
• Birgit Guðjónsdóttir in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website of Birgit Guðjónsdóttir
• Birgit Gudjonsdottir at cinematographersxx.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ German Acting Award: The Night of the Winners . Article dated September 14, 2018, accessed September 14, 2018.
2. ↑ [1]

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .