María Sólrún Sigurðardóttir, (August 1, 1965 in

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, Iceland) also credited as Maria Solrun is a German film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her work on the films ''Adam'' and Jargo.

Life and career

María was born in

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and graduated from the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb). María's debut feature film Jargo, starring

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, Oktay Özdemir, premiered at the

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and won two awards at the

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. In 2018, her second feature film ''Adam'', starting Ivar Asgeirsson, Matthias Brenner, Floriane Daniel, premiered at the

. She has worked as a screenwriter for several film production companies including Columbia Tristar,

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, , X Filme and Boje Buck Productions. Since 2006 she has also been working as a film and television fiction consultant for the Icelandic Film Centre.

Filmography

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