My Videos

Berlin my big brother in Berlin (2000)
My father In memory (1950-1999)
Myself Some clips of me (2001)Mom Clip with mom (2001)Showreel Old showreel (2003)Music Video With Rósa (2003)Busride Icelandic busride (2002)
Cleaner Amsterdam (2000)
Morning TV Norway (2006)
Icelandic Film Awards (2005)
Japan Film Festival (2005)

Shorts

Agnel (2000)
Hotel (1999)
Spotless (2006)
Transfer Request (2006)

Commericals

Africa United Commercial #1 (2004)
Africa United Commercial #2 (2004)
Africa United Commercial #3 (2004)
Zlatko Commercial (2007)

• Selected for the Berlinale Talent Campus 2003.

• The Big Plan – Screenplay
A film script, written by Olafur Johannesson, and co-written by Thorvaldur Thorsteinsson.

2002

• While the cat´s away - Shortfilm (Dance)
A dance-short film by Helena Jonsdottir. The idea was selected by Scandinavian committee to be produced. Barok films Denmark and BBC held a competition for Scandinavian films. Olafur Johannesson acted as a consultant in the preparation process.

• Passport, fast forward – short film
Short film screenplay by Olafur Johannesson, was produced in early autumm 2002.

• Landsvirkjun – Industrial
Industrial film about the history of electricity in Iceland.

2001

• In my time as a monk - documentary • 30 minutes
A documentary about a buddhis monk who, after 16 years of monkhood decides to disrobe and get married. [director, edit, producer] • [read more]

• Busstop - documentary • 90 min, production house: Tag/Traum Köln co-produced by ZDF/3SAT
A 90 min documentary film by Olafur Sveinsson about a busstop center in Reykjavik, Iceland. [Edit]

• Barracks – Documentary • 90 min • directed and produced by Olafur Sveinsson
Documentary film about the barracks which the British military left in Reykjavik after the second world war. Nominated for an Edda Award (the Icelandic film awards). [Edit]

2000

• Angel no. 5503288 – Award winning short film
A critically-acclaimed short drama presenting a poetic vision of life and death, destiny and hope. [director, screenplay, producer, edit] [read more]

• Drawing Circles - Screenplay
A screenplay by Olafur Johannesson. First draft is ready, but the film will only be produced when I have done some features, it´s a rather expensive idea.

1999

• Icelandic Modern Art • TV Series
A series of films presenting the most exciting artists on Iceland's vibrant and exciting art scene. The Icelandic art scene is a vibrant melting pot of style and innovation, producing new generations of artists, many of whom are active in international exhibitions and represented by galleries in major cities abroad. Interest in art is high in Iceland and more people visit museums and galleries than attend all sports events combined. This interest is the basis of a particularly lively art scene supporting a new generation of mature and innovated artists, now in their forties. This is the generation our series deals with and in each programme we focus on a single artists, delving into his art and his ideas, his life and influences. The style of the programme varies to reflect the works and style of the artists being featured. This is an innovative series that combines art and human interest, information and humour. [producer, edit]

• Jesus is closer to home - Documentary
A number of people, men and women, discuss the great questions of life - faith, hope and love - in front of the camera. They speak alternately about their experiences and hopes. It eventually becomes clear that the film is enacted in Amsterdam and that the participants are loosely connected to each other by the fact that they all work in the Red Light District. The whole is woven together into a documenatry about people in the city. [co-director, producer, edit] • [read more]

• Poison - TV FILM
A one-hour television drama about love and destiny, relating the story of a young writer and the conflicts he encounters when he tries to reconcile his writing with his love for a beautiful woman. A young writer, Vilmundur, has been suffering from writer's block when he meets a young woman, Nina, who believes in him and encourages him in his work. As they grow closer he finally manages to complete the manuscript that he has been working on for years and at the same time feels that he must now leave Nina. As soon as he has done that he is plunged into despair and crawls back to convince her to take him in again. The film describes emotional turmoil, roller coaster relationships and conflicting hopes. The conflicts between the two main characters reflect the increasingly confused emotional state of Western cultures and the often contradictory messages we receive from each other. The story combines drama, a plot filled with surprises and intense personal conflict as the characters try to find their place and destiny. When Vilmundur has finally succeeded in getting Nina to take him back it seems that the story is at last moving towards a happy ending. But doubt seeps back in: Is he doing the right thing? Wouldn't he, after all, be better off without her? Thus the story begins anew and repeats itself. [screenplay, main role, producer, edit]

• Boxer´s Chess Club
Gudmundur Arason a 65 year old boxer and a chessplayer runs a club called Chess Club, but what he really does is to train young enthusiasctig boxers. Highly illegal since boxing was banned in Iceland in 1956. This is Gudmundur´s life´s work, to keep the sport alive and ticking. His only wish is to see that ban revealed before he dies.

1995-1998

STÁLVERKTAK (1998)
Industrial Film [director]
Líkaminn (1998)
Art-show in Reykjavik. [producer]
NICOLAJ C. WALDAU (1997)
Film about the danish actor Nicolaj Coster Waldau [Black Hawk Down, Nattevakten, Vildspor] for DRTV and TV2 Denmark. [Camera]
ISLÄNDICHE HANDBALLER
IN DEUTSCHLAND (1997)
A short film about Icelandic athletes in Germany for WDR and for the Icelandic state television RUV [producer, director, edit]
SPRENGISANDUR (1997)
A documentary about Icelanders who seek adventures in some of the remotest places in Iceland [producer, edit]
Of Pearls and Swines (Perlur og Svín) (1997)
The making of an Icelandic feature. [camera]
REYKJAVÍK (1996)
Film about Reykjavik for turists.
THE WAY TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH (1996)
A documentary about spiritual growth, sufferning etc… [director, producer, edit]
THE BLUE LAGOON (1996)
Film for turists about the Blue Lagoon In Iceland. [edit]
HOCHLAND (1995)
A film for turists. [edit]
[KLIPPING]
My brother (1995)
A horrible first short film. [director, script, edit]

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ESP Nacido en Budardalur, Islandia, en 1975, este director, productor y guionista, también conocido como “Olaf de Fleur” Johannesson, es el fundador de la productora Poppoli Pictures. Ha dirigido varios documentales, entre ellos: Africa United, Act Normal y Proximitas.

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ITA Olafur Johannesson inizia la sua carriera come regista nel 1996 all'interno di una casa di produzione internazionale di documentari con sede a Reykjavik, in Islanda . Nel 1999 fondò la casa di produzione indipendente Poppoli Pictures. Olaf de Fleur è tra i più promettenti e prolifici registi islandesi un regista, ha un forte senso dell’immaginazione, una grande abilità nel raccontare storie e nello sviluppare una narrativa profondamente drammatica.

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