
Directing
Ari Kristinsson
Born
1951-04-16 (75)
Place of birth
Iceland
Known for
Directing
Credits
23 titles
Ari Kristinsson (born 16 April 1951) is an Icelandic filmmaker who has mainly worked on the children's films: Stikkfrí (1997) and Pappírspésa (1990). Over the years, Ari has recorded many films by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, including films such as Bíódagar, Djöflaeyjan, Mamma Gógó and Á Köldal klaka.
Known for
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Stjörnubíó
2026
6.2The widow has inherited half of the farm, and is in league with a businessman from the village, who wants to buy the farm. Her purpose is to get her in-laws to sell her their share, and she is prepared to use any means to gain her ends. But soon she finds herself threatened by unknown persons or forces in the menacing winter landscape, to the point where her life is at stake.
Deep Winter
1985
Disa and Tommy are board by catching small fishes by the pier. They get a hold of a boat and head out to sea to catch a big one. But the fight with the big one turns out to be more than they can handle and soon they find themselves stranded on a reef. They on one reef and their boat on an other. The tie starts coming in and the fight with the big one is not over.
The Big one
2011
7.2This is the story of how Þór and Danni run a farm. They get a job running a farm for a local farmer that is going on a vacation to sweden, they of course pronouns them selfs as experts in the field of agriculture, witch they of course aren't. When they have managed to get the "hold" of things they get the brilliant idea to have a agricultural seminar for city people on the farm.
Pastoral Life
1984
6.0A little girl "kidnaps" her half-sister in order to get the attention of her father who left her mother years ago for another woman (who gave birth to her half-sister)
Count Me Out
1997
No synopsis available yet.
Living Picture
1978
Series credits
Behind the camera
6.2The widow has inherited half of the farm, and is in league with a businessman from the village, who wants to buy the farm. Her purpose is to get her in-laws to sell her their share, and she is prepared to use any means to gain her ends. But soon she finds herself threatened by unknown persons or forces in the menacing winter landscape, to the point where her life is at stake.
Deep Winter
1985
Disa and Tommy are board by catching small fishes by the pier. They get a hold of a boat and head out to sea to catch a big one. But the fight with the big one turns out to be more than they can handle and soon they find themselves stranded on a reef. They on one reef and their boat on an other. The tie starts coming in and the fight with the big one is not over.
The Big one
2011
7.2This is the story of how Þór and Danni run a farm. They get a job running a farm for a local farmer that is going on a vacation to sweden, they of course pronouns them selfs as experts in the field of agriculture, witch they of course aren't. When they have managed to get the "hold" of things they get the brilliant idea to have a agricultural seminar for city people on the farm.
Pastoral Life
1984
6.0A little girl "kidnaps" her half-sister in order to get the attention of her father who left her mother years ago for another woman (who gave birth to her half-sister)
Count Me Out
1997
6.0A little girl "kidnaps" her half-sister in order to get the attention of her father who left her mother years ago for another woman (who gave birth to her half-sister)
Count Me Out
1997
No synopsis available yet.
Living Picture
1978
5.0Kalli, a young boy living with his mother in the suburbs of Reykjavik, thrives in the world of movies and computer games. When he is sent to spend Christmas with his father's new family up north at an isolated farm, Kalli meets his stepsister, who he does not get along with. Soon he decides to run away, but only to be hit harder by reality and Kalli has to learn how to fight "real life" challenges while encountering imaginary and fictional creatures.
No Network
2007
5.0Kalli, a young boy living with his mother in the suburbs of Reykjavik, thrives in the world of movies and computer games. When he is sent to spend Christmas with his father's new family up north at an isolated farm, Kalli meets his stepsister, who he does not get along with. Soon he decides to run away, but only to be hit harder by reality and Kalli has to learn how to fight "real life" challenges while encountering imaginary and fictional creatures.
No Network
2007
5.0Kalli, a young boy living with his mother in the suburbs of Reykjavik, thrives in the world of movies and computer games. When he is sent to spend Christmas with his father's new family up north at an isolated farm, Kalli meets his stepsister, who he does not get along with. Soon he decides to run away, but only to be hit harder by reality and Kalli has to learn how to fight "real life" challenges while encountering imaginary and fictional creatures.
No Network
2007
7.0Lilla discovers that she'll be getting a new doll for christmas so she decides to throw the old one away, but once she falls asleep bad dreams start to haunt her.
The Old doll
1992
7.0Lilla discovers that she'll be getting a new doll for christmas so she decides to throw the old one away, but once she falls asleep bad dreams start to haunt her.
The Old doll
1992
7.0Lilla discovers that she'll be getting a new doll for christmas so she decides to throw the old one away, but once she falls asleep bad dreams start to haunt her.
The Old doll
1992
No synopsis available yet.
Handy Man for Mom
2002
6.5Follows the adventure of a group of kids and a paper boy named Peter. Plane ride, box car racing and bad neighbours are all included. Iceland's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990
The Adventures of Paper Peter
1990
6.5Follows the adventure of a group of kids and a paper boy named Peter. Plane ride, box car racing and bad neighbours are all included. Iceland's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990
The Adventures of Paper Peter
1990
6.5Follows the adventure of a group of kids and a paper boy named Peter. Plane ride, box car racing and bad neighbours are all included. Iceland's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990
The Adventures of Paper Peter
1990
10.0Willy, seven years old, is more interested in books than sports while his father, ex-football star, is determined to make a football player out of him. Willy realizes that he cannot live up to his father's expectations but feels compelled to give him what he always wanted. One day, Willy finds a solution to the problem.
The Football Kid
1989
The story of Jón
The Story of Jón
1975
7.0A young boy is spending the summer on his uncle's horse farm. He takes care of the sheep and plays cowboy but is suddenly drawn into the world of adults when his uncle meets the woman of his dream. The boy follows how his uncle tries to seduce this beautiful lady - with both happy and tragedic consequences.
When It Happens
1998
6.4Löggulíf is the third movie in the "-life" trilogy of knockabout comedies about the cheeky lads Thor and Danni. The others are New Life and Pastoral Life.
A Policeman's Life
1985
6.3Marko Röhr's film crew takes the viewer to Europe's last unexplored area: Iceland's unique underwater world. We explore the geysers of boiling waters and the crystal clear lakes off the coast of Iceland. We dive under the icebergs, into the tears between the continental plates and into the deep caves.
Underwater Iceland
1997
NRA film about Einar Guðmundsson, the poet (Einar Guðmundsson, litlaskáld)
Einar Guðmundsson, The Movie
1978
