About Birgit Guðjónsdóttir
Born 1962. Birgit Guðjónsdóttir is an Icelandic cinematographer and photographer.
Birgit Guðjónsdóttir (born 1962) is an Icelandic cinematographer. She has worked on films all over the world since 1992. In 2018, she was recognized with an honorary German Camera Prize for her lifelong work in cinematography.
Biography Guðjónsdóttir was born in Reykjavik in 1962. She attended the Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt in Vienna, but didn't go to the film academy because she was a single parent at the time. She moved to Berlin around 2000.
In 2003, Guðjónsdóttir was lead camera on a German film, Jargo.
In 2018, she was awarded an honorary German Camera Prize (Deutschen Kamerapreis). This award goes to individuals who have an "outstanding career in filmmaking."
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Icelandic cinematographer
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Birgit Guðjónsdóttir was born on 4 January 1962 in Reykjavík.
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Birgit Guðjónsdóttir is a cinematographer and photographer.
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Birgit Guðjónsdóttir is Icelandic.
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