Silja Hauksdóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Silja.

Silja Hauksdóttir
Born (1976-01-12) 12 January 1976 (age 48)
Education
Occupations
  • writer
  • film director

Silja Hauksdóttir (born 12 January 1976) is an Icelandic writer and film director.[1]

After studying philosophy at the University of Iceland, Silja took courses in screenwriting, directing and cinematography at FAMU in Prague and Binger Filmlab in Amsterdam.[1]

She wrote the book Dís with Birna Anna Björnsdóttir and Oddný Sturludóttir [is],[2] and later directed the full-length film Dís [is] in 2004, which was nominated for the Nordic Council Film Prize.[3]

Silja directed the award-winning TV series The Girls [is], along with Ástríður [is] and Sisterhood.[1][4][5] Sisterhood was the first Icelandic programme to be included in the streaming service Walter Presents.[6][7]

She was also chosen to direct two editions of Áramótaskaupið – "The New Year's Lampoon" – in 2008 and 2014.[8][9]

Her second full-length film, Agnes Joy, was released in 2019,[10][11] for which she won the Edda Award for Best Film (Kvikmynd ársins).[12][13]

Filmography

As director:

References

  1. ^ a b c "Silja Hauksdóttir". Icelandic Film Centre.
  2. ^ Birna Anna Björnsdóttir; Oddný Sturludóttir; Silja Hauksdóttir (2000). Dís. Reykjavík: Forlagið. ISBN 9979-53-412-5. OCLC 47216177.
  3. ^ Sveinn Birkir Björnsson (29 June 2007). "In Movies, Ignorance is Bliss". The Reykjavík Grapevine.
  4. ^ Davide Abbatescianni (5 May 2021). "Silja Hauksdóttir's crime series Sisterhood set to land at Viaplay". cineuropa.
  5. ^ "Silja Hauksdóttir um SYSTRABÖND: Breyskar konur eru mitt uppáhald". Klapptré (in Icelandic). 11 March 2021.
  6. ^ Ellwood-Hughes, Pip (19 August 2022). "Walter Presents: 'Sisterhood' to launch on Channel 4 in September". Entertainment Focus.
  7. ^ "Sisterhood". All 4.
  8. ^ "Silja endurnýjar kynnin við Skaupið". RÚV (in Icelandic). 9 September 2014.
  9. ^ Nanna Árnadóttir (10 September 2014). "Women Taking Over Áramótaskaupið". The Reykjavík Grapevine.
  10. ^ Andie Sophia Fontaine (11 October 2019). "The Versions Of Ourselves: Silja Hauksdóttir On Agnes Joy And The Beauty Of Flaws". The Reykjavík Grapevine.
  11. ^ Valur Gunnarsson; Andie Sophia Fontaine (2 January 2020). "The City Across the Bay: 'Agnes Joy' Explores Teenage Life In Far-Off Suburbia". The Reykjavík Grapevine.
  12. ^ "Edduverðlaunin 2020". Edda Awards (in Icelandic).
  13. ^ Jennie Kermode (20 December 2020). "Interview with Silja Hauksdóttir, Katla M Þorgeirsdóttir and Donna Cruz about Agnes Joy". Eye For Film.
  14. ^ "Dis". Icelandic Film Centre.
  15. ^ "Kórinn". Icelandic Film Centre.
  16. ^ "Girls, The". Icelandic Film Centre.
  17. ^ "And It Was You". Icelandic Film Centre.
  18. ^ "Ríkið". Icelandic Film Centre.
  19. ^ "Ástríður". Icelandic Film Centre.
  20. ^ "Agnes Joy". Icelandic Film Centre.
  21. ^ "Sisterhood". Icelandic Film Centre.


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