Director

Kristín Jóhannesdóttir

Directing

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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 0All crew credits: 5

TMDB ID: 566678

IMDb ID: nm0433575

Known for: Directing

Born: November 17, 1948

Age: 77

Place of birth: Iceland

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1979 - 2021

Years active: 43

Wikidata: Q11982182

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Biography

Kristín Jóhannesdóttir (born 17 November 1948) is an Icelandic film and theatre director. Kristín has directed numerous works on stage and television but also films. Kristín's parents were Sigurbjörg Þorvaldsdóttir (1918-2007), a housewife, and Jóhannes Elíasson (1920-1975), a bank manager. Kristín's husband was Sigurður Pálsson (1948-2017) writer and poet. Their son is John Paul (1987). Kristín graduated from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík in 1969 and then went to France and graduated in literature and film studies from Université Paul Valéry in Montpellier in 1975, a DEA degree (first part of a doctorate) in Film Studies from the same school in 1977 and later a final degree in film direction.

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