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Hrafn Gunnlaugsson

1948 - Today

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Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (born 17 June 1948) is an Icelandic film director. He is the brother of mathematician Þorvaldur Gunnlaugsson and the lawyer Snædís Gunnlaugsdóttir and the actress Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir. He is mostly known for his series of Viking films, sometimes called "Cod Westerns". He was married to Edda Kristjánsdóttir and they have four children: Kristján born 1968 who is a poet and playwright, Tinna who is an actress, Sól who is an art designer and Örk who is an artist and was born in 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hrafn Gunnlaugsson is the 1,113th most popular film director (up from 1,138th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Iceland (down from 65th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Icelander Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Hrafn Gunnlaugsson ranks 1,113 out of 2,041. Before him are Nina Companeez, Louis Leterrier, Ron Clements, Jean-Marc Vallée, Raoul Peck, and Tony Gilroy. After him are Brian Yuzna, Rustam Ibragimbekov, Arne Sucksdorff, Fred Schepisi, Sergio Amidei, and Juliusz Machulski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Hrafn Gunnlaugsson ranks 498. Before him are Norbert Nigbur, Givi Nodia, Joseph Bruyère, Kathleen Battle, Bernadette Peters, and Rocco Buttiglione. After him are Abdulqawi Yusuf, Glenn Branca, Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov, A Martinez, Patrick Moraz, and Wolf Erlbruch.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Hrafn Gunnlaugsson ranks 73 out of 190. Before him are Magnús Guðmundsson (1879), Ásgeir Sigurvinsson (1955), Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954), Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason (1867), Þorsteinn Pálsson (1947), and Jón Kalman Stefánsson (1963). After him are Sigurður Eggerz (1875), Hermann Jónasson (1896), Steingrímur Steinþórsson (1893), Hera Björk (1972), Þórbergur Þórðarson (1888), and Ásgrímur Jónsson (1876).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Iceland

Among film directors born in Iceland, Hrafn Gunnlaugsson ranks 3. Before him are Baltasar Kormákur (1966), and Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (1954).

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