Directing
Rúnar Freyr Gíslason
Known for
Directing
Credits
18 titles
Known for
6.8The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey is a Danish police procedural television series produced by Danmarks Radio, created and written by Peter Thorsboe and Mai Brostrøm. The series debuted on 10 October 2004 in Denmark. It won an International Emmy Award from the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for best non-American television drama series in 2005. There were three seasons; the second season premiered in Denmark on 9 October 2005 and the third on 8 October 2006. The last episode originally aired in Denmark on 26 November 2006. The series was filmed on location in various parts of northern Europe, from Berlin and Copenhagen to Oslo and other locations including Iceland. The series has enjoyed particular success in Australia, where it airs on SBS and is available on DVD with English subtitles.
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
2004
6.0Áramótaskaup: 2014 is an annual Icelandic TV movie satirizing the events of the past year.
Áramótaskaup: 2014
2014
6.4The Cliff is a dramatic mystery about a Crime Detective who is sent to a small community in Iceland to help a local policewoman investigate a suspicious accident. Together they unravel a mystery that involves bizarre incidents and unexplained deaths.
The Cliff
2009
3.0Áramótaskaup: 2016 is an annual Icelandic TV movie satirizing the events of the past year.
Áramótaskaup: 2016
2016
6.6A couple decide to get married in a church out in the country. It is 1 hour drive from Reykjavik but things do not go as planed.
Country Wedding
2008
6.0In the mid to late '90s, the Reykjavik crime and drug scene saw a drastic change from a relatively small and innocent world into a much more aggressive and violent one.. The film tells the story of this change through the fictional gang of pushers that took control of Iceland's underworld.
Black's Game
2012
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
3.9A young woman inherits her grandmothers home, despite never having met her and never been to her house. Her mother tells her to make a journey to her grandmothers home as a way to deal with grief, but she gets more than she bargained for.
Shadowtown
2020
A two-part documentary about Daði & Gagnamagnið, introducing viewers to the band’s story since first taking part in the Icelandic national competition for Eurovision in 2017.
Daði og Gagnamagnið
2021
2010s · 5 titles
6.0Áramótaskaup: 2014 is an annual Icelandic TV movie satirizing the events of the past year.
Áramótaskaup: 2014
2014
3.0Áramótaskaup: 2016 is an annual Icelandic TV movie satirizing the events of the past year.
Áramótaskaup: 2016
2016
6.0In the mid to late '90s, the Reykjavik crime and drug scene saw a drastic change from a relatively small and innocent world into a much more aggressive and violent one.. The film tells the story of this change through the fictional gang of pushers that took control of Iceland's underworld.
Black's Game
2012
5.7In an attempt to fix his financial problems, Erik recruits his brother, Atli, to help him import a shipment of cocaine into Iceland. Erik thinks he's got things all figured out, until the young Polish “mule” they've hired is unable to pass the drugs through her system.
Vultures
2018
5.2After 3 years abroad Junior returns to Iceland with his set of problems hoping that his father can sort them out but his homecoming isn't quite what he had expected.
King's Road
2010
2000s · 4 titles
6.6A couple decide to get married in a church out in the country. It is 1 hour drive from Reykjavik but things do not go as planed.
Country Wedding
2008
6.6Five stories interwine into one. A blind man hovers above the city. Everything looks set for a perfectly normal evening in Reykjavík, until the the power goes off?
Dramarama
2001
A tale of crime in the Kolaport
20/20
2001
A group of icelandic actors and comedians satirize the events of 2001.
Áramótaskaup 2001
2001
1990s · 2 titles
4.0The inhabitants of a small island is attacked by weird outsiders.
God Exists, and So Does Love
1999
10.0Íþróttaálfurinn has managed to change the villagers' negative attitude towards sports, healthy food and all diligence. But when he leaves and the villagers have to manage on their own, they turn out to be very unstable and easily influenced by the criminal Glanni Glæpur, who turns up disguised as a very rich man. In fact, he has stolen the president's car and intends to corrupt the villagers so that he can sell them un-wholesome powder-food and become mayor of the town.
Robbie Rotten in LazyTown
1999
Series credits
6.8The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey is a Danish police procedural television series produced by Danmarks Radio, created and written by Peter Thorsboe and Mai Brostrøm. The series debuted on 10 October 2004 in Denmark. It won an International Emmy Award from the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for best non-American television drama series in 2005. There were three seasons; the second season premiered in Denmark on 9 October 2005 and the third on 8 October 2006. The last episode originally aired in Denmark on 26 November 2006. The series was filmed on location in various parts of northern Europe, from Berlin and Copenhagen to Oslo and other locations including Iceland. The series has enjoyed particular success in Australia, where it airs on SBS and is available on DVD with English subtitles.
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
2004
6.4The Cliff is a dramatic mystery about a Crime Detective who is sent to a small community in Iceland to help a local policewoman investigate a suspicious accident. Together they unravel a mystery that involves bizarre incidents and unexplained deaths.
The Cliff
2009
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The American Dream
2010
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Spurningabomban
2011