FILM DIRECTOR

Friðrik Þór Friðriksson

1954 - Today

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Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (born 12 May 1954; pronounced [ˈfrɪðrɪk ˈθouːr ˈfrɪðrɪxsɔn]), sometimes credited as Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, is an Icelandic film director and producer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friðrik Þór Friðriksson has received more than 60,390 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Friðrik Þór Friðriksson is the 940th most popular film director (down from 883rd in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 51st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Icelander Film Director.

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  • 60k

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  • 49.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson ranks 940 out of 2,041. Before him are Yuri Ozerov, Yoshishige Yoshida, Ringo Lam, Gérard Corbiau, Paul Morrissey, and Steve Barron. After him are Hamo Beknazarian, Carlo Di Palma, Mark Donskoy, Jasmila Žbanić, Hideo Nakata, and Ben Sharpsteen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson ranks 274. Before him are Larry Van Kriedt, David Keith, Dai Sijie, Don Wilson, Amparo Muñoz, and Mario Testino. After him are Spagna, Bob Rock, Ricardo Ferretti, Lance Kinsey, Mustafa Barghouti, and Idrissa Ouédraogo.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson ranks 54 out of 190. Before him are Geir Hallgrímsson (1925), Saint Thorlak (1133), Vilhjálmur Einarsson (1934), Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (1963), Eggert Ólafsson (1726), and Einar Benediktsson (1864). After him are Ísleifur Gissurarson (1006), Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924), Ásgeir Sigurvinsson (1955), Hermann Jónasson (1896), Jón Kalman Stefánsson (1963), and Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Iceland

Among film directors born in Iceland, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson ranks 2. Before him are Baltasar Kormákur (1966). After him are Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (1948).

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Filmography

Angels of the Universe
Director
The story of an Icelandic man and his slow descent into madness. Along his journey he meets Dagný, the initial cause of his breakdown. Other people he meets in the asylum have been committed for various reasons, such as signing cheques for Adolf Hitler and, believing themselves to be writing songs for the Beatles and telepathically transmitting to the band.
Jan 1o 20006.862 / 10
Cold Fever
Director
A Japanese businessman travels to Iceland and has a series of misadventures while venturing to a remote area to perform a traditional burial ritual where his parents died several years back.
Feb 10o 19956.6 / 10
Mamma Gógó
Director
Mamma Gógó is about Gógó, an elderly lady, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer disease and her son’s and family’s reaction to her illness. While Gógó is continuously getting herself into trouble, of the kind only a person with Alzheimer can, the son, the director, is struggling with financial troubles after his film Children of Nature has flopped in the cinema. As Gógó‘s disease progresses her family decides that it is best for her to move to a nursing home. Gógó and her deceased husband, who appears on the scene, are not happy with that decision. The director is dependent on others when it comes to his finances and when Gógó settles into the nursing home he decides to sell his mother’s apartment and valuable artwork but the profits of the sale help him to get by.
Jan 1o 20105.6 / 10