Gaukur Úlfarsson (born 11 September 1973) is an Icelandic

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

. Gaukur began his career directing advertisements and music videos. In the 2003

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, he won the Music Video of the Year (''Tónlistarmyndband ársins'') for ''Mess It Up'' by

Quarashi Quarashi is an Icelandic rap rock band from Reykjavík. The group consists of rappers Hössi Ólafsson (later replaced by Egill Olafur Thorarensen), Ómar Örn Hauksson, Steinar Orri Fjeldsted, and Sölvi Blöndal (who also acted as producer, k ...

. Gaukur directed and wrote the TV Series ''Sjáumst með Silvíu Nótt'' from 2005 with the alter-ego talk show host

Silvía Night Silvía Night ( ) is a fictional, satirical character on (''The Silvia Night Show''), an Icelandic comedy show of the television channel Skjár einn. The character was invented by Gaukur Úlfarsson and Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir; the latter ...

. Gaukur also directed the series ''Djók í Reykjavík'' from 2018 with Dóri DNA. In 2010, Gaukur directed the documentary '' Gnarr'', which followed the political campaign of comedian

Jón Gnarr Jón Gnarr (; born Jón Gunnar Kristinsson on 2 January 1967) is an Icelanders, Icelandic actor, comedian, and politician who served as the Mayor of Reykjavík, Mayor of Reykjavík from 2010 to 2014. He is currently a member of the Althing for ...

to become the mayor of Reykjavík. The film was nominated for awards at CPH:DOX, the

and the

Zurich Film Festival Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) is an annual film festival that has been held in Zürich, Switzerland, since 2005. The festival's main focus is to promote emerging filmmakers from all over the world. In three competition categories only first, secon ...

. In 2019, Gaukur co-directed the horror film ''

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'' (''Þorsti''), which won two awards at

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. In a blog post in 2008, Gaukur accused politician Ómar R. Valdimarsson of being a racist. Ómar sued Gaukur for defamation, demanding kr () in damages, but Gaukur was ultimately acquitted by the

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Filmography

* ''Teipið gengur'' (2008) (Documentary) * '' Gnarr'' (2010) (Documentary) * ''

'' (''Þorsti'') (2019) * ''Soviet Barbara: The Story of Ragnar Kjartansson in Moscow'' (2023) (Documentary)

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Gaukur Úlfarsson
at the Icelandic Film Centre * 1973 births Gaukur Úlfarsson Living people {{Iceland-film-director-stub