Ísold_Uggadóttir

Ísold Uggadóttir

Ísold Uggadóttir

Icelandic film director

Ísold Uggadóttir is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter.[1][2] She is known for her feature film debut in And Breathe Normally, for which she won the World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.[3][4]

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Life and career

Ísold was born in Reykjavík. She earned her M.F.A. in directing and screenwriting from Columbia University School of the Arts.[5] Her directorial debut short film, Family Reunion (Góðir gestir), was an official selection of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.[6] She subsequently directed the short films Committed (Njálsgata), Clean and Revolution Reykjavík (Útrás Reykjavík).[7][8]

Ísold's debut feature film And Breathe Normally, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018 and later released on Netflix in January 2019.[9][10]

Filmography

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Awards and nominations

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References

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