Hlynur Pálmason

Biography

Hlynur Pálmason (born 30 September 1984; Hornafjörður) is an Icelandic film director, screenwriter, and visual artist. Hlynur Pálmason was born in 1984 in Höfn í Hornafirði, Iceland. He studied film at the National Film School of Denmark in Copenhagen, graduating in 2013. He lived in Denmark for 10 years before returning to Höfn, a town on the Hornafjörður fjord. He is also a visual artist. Pálmason has said he is more interested in "the narrative style and flow of films" than the actual plotline. His debut feature film Winter Brothers (Vinterbrødre), which was filmed in Denmark, debuted at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland in 2017. It went on to win the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film and the Robert Award for Best Danish Film, with Pálmason also winning the Robert Award for Best Director. His second feature film, A White, White Day (Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur), was filmed in Iceland, and many of the people he had worked with on Winter Brothers were also employed for this film, including the actor German cinematographer Maria von Hausswolff [de], editor Julius Krebs Damsbo, and sound designer Lars Halvorsen. He had previously collaborated with Icelandic actor Ingvar Sigurðsson o…

Directed

1. Godland (2022) — Director
2. A White, White Day (2019) — Director
3. Winter Brothers (2017) — Director
4. Nest (2022) — Director
5. The Love That Remains (2025) — Director
6. A Painter (2013) — Director
7. Joan of Arc (2025) — Director
8. A Day or Two (2012) — Director
9. Joel (2010) — Director
10. Post-it (2008) — Director
11. Seven Boats (2014) — Director
12. One Winter Series (2025) — Director
13. On Land and Sea — Director