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Baldvin Zophoníasson

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
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Award winning Baldvin Z has been one of the most prominent directors in Iceland for the past 6 years. Delivering two feature films (writer and director) and two television series (director) with over 40 film awards, both international as well as 18 Edda awards (the Icelandic Film and Television Academy Awards). Last year, he finished directing Island Songs for Universal Studios and Beyond Strength, an independent documentary. He recently released his third feature "Let Me Fall" at Toronto Film Festival, which has been met with universal praise. Glassriver's TV series "The Trip" will be his next project.
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      • 6 wins & 10 nominations total

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    Known for

    Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
    Life in a Fishbowl
    7.2
    • Director
    • 2014
    Atli Óskar Fjalarsson in Jitters (2010)
    Jitters
    6.7
    • Director
    • 2010
    Reynir Sterki: Beyond Strength (2017)
    Reynir Sterki: Beyond Strength
    7.5
    • Producer
    • 2017
    Let Me Fall (2018)
    Let Me Fall
    7.7
    • Director
    • 2018

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    Producer



    • Hot Stuff
      • executive producer
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Elma
      • executive producer
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Dark Ocean
      • executive producer
      • Pre-production
    • Avalanche
      • executive producer
      • Filming
      • TV Mini Series



    • Maria João Bastos, Catarina Rebelo, and Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir in Cold Haven (2025)
      Cold Haven
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2025
    • Black Sands (2021)
      Black Sands
      6.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021–2024
    • Útilega (2024)
      Útilega
      7.3
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Skvíz (2024)
      Skvíz
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Ebba Katrín Finnsdóttir in Húsó (2024)
      Húsó
      7.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • As Long As We Live (2023)
      As Long As We Live
      6.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Mannflóran (2023)
      Mannflóran
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • My Will (2023)
      My Will
      7.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • My Wedding (2022)
      My Wedding
      6.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Randalin and Mundi: Days in December (2022)
      Randalin and Mundi: Days in December
      7.7
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Ordinary People (2018)
      Ordinary People
      7.7
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2018–2022
    • Fractures (2022)
      Fractures
      6.7
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Glaumbær (2022)
      Glaumbær
      TV Special
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Journey (2021)
      Journey
      7.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Líf dafnar (2021)
      Líf dafnar
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021

    Director



    • Dark Ocean
      • Director
      • Pre-production



    • Black Sands (2021)
      Black Sands
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021–2024
    • Journey (2021)
      Journey
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Let Me Fall (2018)
      Let Me Fall
      7.7
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Island Songs (2017)
      Island Songs
      8.4
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Reynir Sterki: Beyond Strength (2017)
      Reynir Sterki: Beyond Strength
      7.5
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Ólafur Arnalds ft. South Iceland Chamber Choir: Raddir
      Music Video
      • Director (as Baldvin Z)
      • 2016
    • Ólafur Darri Ólafsson in Trapped (2015)
      Trapped
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director (as Baldvin Z)
      • 2016
    • Case (2015)
      Case
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director (as Baldvin Z)
      • 2015
    • Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
      Life in a Fishbowl
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Atli Óskar Fjalarsson in Jitters (2010)
      Jitters
      6.7
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Hotel Earth (2009)
      Hotel Earth
      9.4
      Short
      • Director
      • 2009

    Writer



    • Black Sands (2021)
      Black Sands
      6.6
      TV Series
      • created by
      • 2021–2024
    • My Funeral (2020)
      My Funeral
      6.1
      TV Series
      • story
      • 2020
    • Let Me Fall (2018)
      Let Me Fall
      7.7
      • Writer
      • 2018
    • Island Songs (2017)
      Island Songs
      8.4
      • written by
      • 2017
    • Reynir Sterki: Beyond Strength (2017)
      Reynir Sterki: Beyond Strength
      7.5
      • Writer
      • 2017
    • Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
      Life in a Fishbowl
      7.2
      • Writer
      • 2014
    • The New Year's Lampoon (1966)
      The New Year's Lampoon
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2011
    • Hæ gosi (2010)
      Hæ gosi
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2010
    • Atli Óskar Fjalarsson in Jitters (2010)
      Jitters
      6.7
      • written by
      • 2010
    • Hotel Earth (2009)
      Hotel Earth
      9.4
      Short
      • written by
      • 2009

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      • Baldvin Z
    • Born
      • 1978
      • Akureyri, Iceland

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