Guðný Halldórsdóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Guðný.

Guðný Halldórsdóttir
Born	(1954-01-23) 23 January 1954 Iceland
Occupation(s)	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1983-present

Guðný Halldórsdóttir (born 23 January 1954) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. She has directed eight films since 1984. Her 2007 film The Quiet Storm was entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival. Her father was writer and 1955 Nobel prize winner Halldór Laxness, while her mother was writer and textile designer Auður Laxness.

Selected filmography

• Stella í orlofi (1986)
• Under the Glacier (1989)
• The Honour of the House (1999)
• The Quiet Storm (2007)

External links

• Guðný Halldórsdóttir at IMDb