Ragnar Bragason

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Ragnar Bragason

Ragnar Bragason á Edduverðlaununum árið 2007
Born (1971-09-15) 15 September 1971
Reykjavík, Iceland
Occupation Film director, screenwriter, producer.

Ragnar Bragason (born 15 September 1971) is an Icelandic film director, screenwriter and producer.

Life and career

Ragnar was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. He is best known for his films Börn (Children) and Foreldrar (Parents) and the popular TV series Næturvaktin (The Night Shift), Dagvaktin (The Day Shift), and Fangavaktin (The Prison Shift).

Ragnar grew up in the village of Súðavik, in a family of fishermen and farmers. He got his start making short videos in college. After directing a large number of music videos, shorts and documentaries, he released his first feature-film Fíaskó (Fiasco) in 2000. In his earlier work he used traditional ways of writing and directing, but more recently Ragnar has followed methods similar to those of Mike Leigh and John Cassavetes of working with his actors to create characters and screenplays through improvisation.

His work has been nominated thirty two times for the Icelandic Edda Awards, and has received the awards fifteen times.

Fíaskó was awarded Special Jury Prize at the Cairo International Film Festival in 2000. With the film Börn he won the Golden Swan for best film at Copenhagen International Film Festival in 2007 and the award for Best Direction at the Transilvania International Film Festival in 2007.

Filmography (as director)

External links

References

Cowie, Peter. 2000. Icelandic Films: 1980-2000. Reykjavík: The Icelandic Film Fund.

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