Dagur Kári

Dagur Kári

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 Heart, starring Americans Brian Cox and Paul Dano, and French actress Isild Le Besco. He is also a member of the band Slowblow. He featured their music in Nói albínói. In December 2011 it was announced to produce a drama film Rocketman, which eventually became Virgin Mountain, with Baltasar Kormákur and Dagur Kári was set to direct the film. In January 2013 it is again announced that film will be produced by Kormákur with his partner Agnes Johansen. Denmark's Nimbus Film will co-produce the film. Film's production started in February and will be filmed in the end of 2013, is expected to release in 2015.

  • Title: Dagur Kári
  • Popularity: 1.463
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1973-12-12
  • Place of Birth: Paris, Frankrig
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  • Also Known As: Dagur Kári Pétursson
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Dagur Kári Movies

  • 2005
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    Screaming Masterpiece

    Screaming Masterpiece

    6.5 2005 HD

    A documentary about the bustling Icelandic musical scene. This documentary covers some of Iceland's most talented and well-known musicians.

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  • 2003
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    Noi the Albino

    Noi the Albino

    6.964 2003 HD

    17 year old Nói drifts through life on a remote fjord in Iceland. In winter, the fjord is cut off from the outside world, surrounded by...

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  • 2003
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    Noi the Albino

    Noi the Albino

    6.964 2003 HD

    17 year old Nói drifts through life on a remote fjord in Iceland. In winter, the fjord is cut off from the outside world, surrounded by...

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  • 2005
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    Dark Horse

    Dark Horse

    6.556 2005 HD

    A young man spurs romance and helps his friend and himself go through the struggles of their ordinary life in Denmark.

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  • 2005
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    Dark Horse

    Dark Horse

    6.556 2005 HD

    A young man spurs romance and helps his friend and himself go through the struggles of their ordinary life in Denmark.

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  • 2009
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    The Good Heart

    The Good Heart

    6.2 2009 HD

    Jacques is the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is...

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  • 2012
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    Dawn

    Dawn

    1 2012 HD

    A father and his child wake up from a bad dream.

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  • 2012
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    A Normal Life

    A Normal Life

    7 2012 HD

    The mother of a child suffering from cancer struggles to maintain a normal life for her family. Stine is thirty-seven years old and the single mother...

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  • 1999
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    Lost Weekend

    Lost Weekend

    5.7 1999 HD

    The DJ is stranded. But where?

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  • 1999
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    Lost Weekend

    Lost Weekend

    5.7 1999 HD

    The DJ is stranded. But where?

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  • 2018
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    Backstabbing for Beginners

    Backstabbing for Beginners

    6.2 2018 HD

    An idealistic young employee at the U.N. investigates the grizzly murder of his predecessor – and uncovers a vast global conspiracy that may...

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  • 2015
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    Virgin Mountain

    Virgin Mountain

    7.189 2015 HD

    Fúsi finds comfort in the familiarity of his routines, until an involuntary dance class forces him to encounter the real world.

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  • 2015
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    Virgin Mountain

    Virgin Mountain

    7.189 2015 HD

    Fúsi finds comfort in the familiarity of his routines, until an involuntary dance class forces him to encounter the real world.

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  • 1997
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    The Violinmaker

    The Violinmaker

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1997
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    The Violinmaker

    The Violinmaker

    1 1997 HD

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  • 2010
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    Undercurrent

    Undercurrent

    7 2010 HD

    The crew on board the fishing vessel Undercurrent RE 29 has become uncomfortably numb with its never ending routine of week long tours at sea. Then,...

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  • 2015
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    Virgin Mountain

    Virgin Mountain

    7.189 2015 HD

    Fúsi finds comfort in the familiarity of his routines, until an involuntary dance class forces him to encounter the real world.

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  • 2003
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    Noi the Albino

    Noi the Albino

    6.964 2003 HD

    17 year old Nói drifts through life on a remote fjord in Iceland. In winter, the fjord is cut off from the outside world, surrounded by...

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  • 2015
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    Virgin Mountain

    Virgin Mountain

    7.189 2015 HD

    Fúsi finds comfort in the familiarity of his routines, until an involuntary dance class forces him to encounter the real world.

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  • 1999
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    Old Spice

    Old Spice

    1 1999 HD

    There is an old barbershop in the center of town. This is where Einar has cut hair for half a century or so. He has seen good times and bad times but...

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  • 1999
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    Old Spice

    Old Spice

    1 1999 HD

    There is an old barbershop in the center of town. This is where Einar has cut hair for half a century or so. He has seen good times and bad times but...

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  • 2019
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    The Kindness of Strangers

    The Kindness of Strangers

    6.3 2019 HD

    Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away,...

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  • 2023
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    Hygge!

    Hygge!

    5.4 2023 HD

    A group of friends meet for a dinner, and for fun start a party game where everyone must share everything that comes into their phones. Before long,...

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  • 2023
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    Hygge!

    Hygge!

    5.4 2023 HD

    A group of friends meet for a dinner, and for fun start a party game where everyone must share everything that comes into their phones. Before long,...

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  • 2020
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    The Day We Died

    The Day We Died

    5.5 2020 HD

    Film about the events surrounding the terrorist attacks in Copenhagen on February 14th and 15th 2015.

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  • 2009
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    The Good Heart

    The Good Heart

    6.2 2009 HD

    Jacques is the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is...

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  • 2001
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    Dramarama

    Dramarama

    5.8 2001 HD

    Five stories interwine into one. A blind man hovers above the city. Everything looks set for a perfectly normal evening in Reykjavík, until...

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  • 1970
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    7.2 1970 HD

    Somewhere in the Nordic wilderness, in a place that lives by its own rules, lies Utmark. A corrupt sheriff, cross-dressing farmer, possessed...

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  • 1970
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    8.047 1970 HD

    Foreign Minister Birgitte Nyborg finds her career in jeopardy when a dispute over oil in Greenland threatens to become an international crisis.

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  • 1970
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    7.1 1970 HD

    Norskov is a police drama that takes place in an industrial city in northern Denmark. The city is raw and unsentimental, and the financial crisis...

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