Snævar Sölvi Sölvason (born 26 July 1985) is an Icelandic

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

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. Since 2011 he has directed three films, including the 2019 drama Eden.

Biography

Snævar was raised in

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. He studied

Financial engineering Financial engineering is a multidisciplinary field involving financial theory, methods of engineering, tools of mathematics and the practice of programming. It has also been defined as the application of technical methods, especially from mathema ...

Háskóli Íslands The University of Iceland ( is, Háskóli Íslands ) is a public research university in Reykjavík, Iceland and the country's oldest and largest institution of higher education. Founded in 1911, it has grown steadily from a small civil servants' s ...

, where he graduated in 2010. Shortly later he wrote and directed the feature film ''Slay Masters'' which was based on his own experience from the Icelandic fishing industry. In 2012, Snævar abandoned his career in the financial industry and joined The Icelandic Film School. In 2013 he wrote and directed the comedy ''

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'', starring Hansel Eagle and

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, which premiered in 2015. In 2019, he wrote and directed the drama '' Eden''. In 2023, he was working on the feature film '' Odd Fish'' (Icelandic: Ljósvíkingar), starring Björn Jörundur Friðbjörnsson, Arna Magnea Danks,

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, Vigdís Hafliðadóttir and

Filmography

* ''Slay Masters'' (2011) * ''

'' (2015) * '' Eden'' (2019) * '' Odd Fish'' (in production)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Solvason, Snaevar 1985 births Living people Snaevar Solvi Solvason Snaevar Solvi Solvason