María Sólrún Sigurðardóttir

María Sólrún Sigurðardóttir (August 1, 1965 in Reykjavík, Iceland), also credited as Maria Solrun, is a German film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her work on the films Adam and Jargo.

Life and career María was born in Reykjavík, Iceland and graduated from the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb).

María's debut feature film Jargo, starring Constantin von Jascheroff, Oktay Özdemir, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and won two awards at the Sarajevo Film Festival. In 2018, her second feature film Adam, starting Ivar Asgeirsson, Matthias Brenner, Floriane Daniel, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival. She has worked as a screenwriter for several film production companies including Columbia Tristar, Sony Pictures, , X Filme and Boje Buck Productions. Since 2006 she has also been working as a film and television fiction consultant for the Icelandic Film Centre.

Filmography YearFilmWriterDirectorNotes 2018 Adam Feature Film 2014 Understand Women TV movie 2010–2013 Love by the Fjord (Liebe am Fjord) TV series 2012 Clinic at Alex (Klinik am Alex) TV series 2006–2007 The Family Lawyer (Die Familienanwältin) TV series 2006 My Adorable Nanny (Meine Bezaubernde Nanny) TV movie 2004 Typical Man! (Typisch Mann!) TV series 2004 Chaos Mum TV series 2004 Jargo Feature Film 2000 Ouch, You Happy One (Autsch, du Fröhliche) TV movie 1998 A Dive Into the Earth's Crust Documentary 1997 Underwater Iceland Documentary 1995 Two Little Girls and a War Short Film