Þorfinnur Ómarsson (born 25 October 1965) is an
Icelandic media personality and film and TV producer.
Thorfinnur has worked in the Icelandic media and entertainment industry since the late 1980s. He was the managing director of the Icelandic Film Fund and the Icelandic Film Centre from 1996 to 2003.
[Marlene Edmunds]
"Omarsson cooks up feature slate: Dagur taps film vet to head prod'n outfit"
'' Variety'' 15 May 2005.["Þorfinnur Ómarsson ráðinn ritstjóri Eyjunnar: Fyrrv. upplýsingafulltrúi viðskiptaráðuneytisins tekur við af Guðmundu Magnússyni"]
''Viðskiptablaðið'' 12 April 2010. During this period, some of Iceland's most prolific film directors made their debuts, such as
Baltasar Kormákur (''
101 Reykjavík'') and
Dagur Kári (''
Nói albínói''). Thorfinnur was one of the founders of the Icelandic Film and TV Academy, which runs the Icelandic
Edda Awards. Thanks in part to Thorfinnur's contribution, the Icelandic Film Industry has been referred to as "the Hollywood of the North". He was the live-broadcast host of the
first ceremony in 1999. From 2003 to 2005 he was the Director of Media and Communication Studies at the
University of Iceland,
[ and was then hired by Dagur Group to head its production arm, BaseCamp.][ He has been host of '' Ísland í dag'' (Iceland today) on ]Stöð 2
Stöð 2 (literally Station 2) is an Icelandic subscription television channel, owned and operated by Sýn. Founded in 1986, it was the first privately owned television station in Iceland following the lifting of the state monopoly on televisi ...
(Icelandic Channel 2) and of ''Vikulokin'' (The End of the Week) on Rás 1.[ He is a member of the European Film Academy.
Thorfinnur was the Chief Spokesperson for the ]Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission
The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) was a multinational body that existed from 2002 to 2008 to monitor the ceasefire between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, also known as the ''Tamil Tigers'') during ...
in 2006 and 2007, and spokesperson for the Icelandic Ministry of Economics and Commerce from October 2008 to April 2009.[ In spring 2010 he became editor of ''Eyjan''.][
In 2016, Thorfinnur started his work as a Senior Officer and Head of Information and Communications at the EFTA Secretariat, in Brussels. There, Thorfinnur enjoys a spacious office located on the top floor of the new EFTA House.
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Filmmaking career
Showcasing his intricate filmmaking skills, Thorfinnur directed the gonzo-style short film “EFTA House Tour” in 2021.
Personal life
Thorfinnur Omarsson was educated in France, where he also worked as a correspondent.[ He is a son of Ómar Ragnarsson. Thorfinnur lives with Astrós Gunnarsdóttir, a theatre director, choreographer, dancer and Pilates instructor. He is also an award-winning chef.][
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References
External links
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Living people
1965 births