Hrafn Gunnlaugsson

Hrafn Gunnlaugsson was born on 17 June 1948 in Reykjavík; the actress Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir is his sister. A writer, he published a first book in 1973, then worked for television from 1974 before moving into cinema. In the early eighties, he made his first feature films, then a series of films about the Viking age that were nicknamed cod westerns. Iceland chose him four times, between 1982 and 1993, to represent it at the Oscars, and Sweden awarded him a Guldbagge for his direction.

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• CinemaWhen the Raven FliesHrafninn flýgurHrafn Gunnlaugsson · 1984Cinema