
Dagur Kári
Dagur Kári Pétursson
Birth Date
12/12/1973 (52)Birth Place
Paris, FrankrigDepartments
Biography
Dagur Kári (born Dagur Kári Pétursson; 12 December 1973; Paris) is an Icelandic film director. He was born in Paris, France, to Icelandic parents. The family returned to Iceland when he was 3 years old. After attending local schools as a child, Kári went to Denmark for college. He graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1999, having created the art house short movie Lost Weekend. The film won 11 prizes on the international festival circuit. Kari's first feature film Noi the Albino (Nói albínói, 2003) won several international awards. His second film, Voksne mennesker (Dark Horse, 2005) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. In 2008, he finished his first English-language film The Good...
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Frequent Collaborators

Gunnar Jónsson
2 films together
Rasmus Videbæk
4 films together

Brian Cox
2 films together

Jakob Cedergren
2 films together

Rune Schjøtt
2 films together

Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir
2 films together












