Dagur Kári

Dagur Kári
Born	Dagur Kári Pétursson 12 December 1973 (1973-12-12) (age 37) Paris, France
Other names	Dagur Kari Petursson, Dág Kára Pétursson

Dagur Kári (born Dagur Kári Pétursson; 12 December 1973) is an Icelandic film director.

He was born in Paris, France to Icelandic parents and returned to Iceland when he was 3 years old. Dagur graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1999, with art house short movie Lost Weekend. The film got off to a good start and gained the first popularity winning 11 prizes on the international festival circuit.^[1]

The first feature film Noi the Albino (Nói albínói) he released in 2003 and also won several international awards. Then followed with his second film, Voksne mennesker (Dark Horse), which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

In 2008, he finished his first English language film The Good Heart, starring Brian Cox, Paul Dano and Isild Le Besco. He is also a member of the band Slowblow, whose music featured in Nói albínói.

Filmography

• Old Spice (1999)
• Lost Weekend (1999)
• Dramarama (Icelandic. Villiljós) (2001)
• Noi the Albino (Icelandic. Nói Albínói) (2003)
• Dark Horse (Danish. Voksne mennesker) (2005)
• The Good Heart (2009)

See also

• Zik zak filmworks

References

1. ^ The Icelandic genius
2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Dark Horse". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4278764/year/2005.html. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 

External links

• Dagur Kári at the Internet Movie Database
• Dagur Kári at DFI.dk
• Lost weekend at 23rd International Film Schools Festival

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Name	Kari, Dagur
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Date of birth	12 December 1973
Place of birth	Paris, France
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