Benedikt Erlingsson
Known for: Directing
Born: May 31, 1969
Place of birth: Reykjavik, Iceland
Benedikt Erlingsson (born 31 May 1969; Reykjavík) is an Icelandic actor and theater and film director. He graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 1994 and has been with the National Theater of Iceland for most of his career. He has directed two feature-length films, both of which have won the Nordic Council Film Prize.
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Filmography
27 movies · 7 TV shows, newest first
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Góðir Íslendingar
2026
6.8
The Danish Woman
2025
6.6
When the Light Breaks
2024
7.4
Touch
2024
5.9
Blackport
2021
6.0
Hver drap Friðrik Dór?
2021
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Áramótaskaup: 2018
2018
7.2
Woman at War
2018
3.0
Áramótaskaup: 2016
2016
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Poor Iceland
2016
6.5
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
2016
7.0
The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals
2015
6.9
Of Horses and Men
2013
9.0
World's End
2011
6.9
Volcano
2011
5.6
The Viking Sagas
2011
6.2
Polite People
2011
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Circledrawers
2009
6.0
The Nail
2008
5.6
The Higher Force
2008
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Thanks
2007
5.8
Parents
2007
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Rattlesnakes
2007
6.6
The Boss of It All
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She Talks Icelandic
2006
6.8
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
2004
7.0
Njalssaga
2003
5.5
The Lost Little Caterpillar
2002
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Memphis
2002
5.5
The Seagull's Laughter
2001
4.3
My Life as Bent
2001
6.2
The Dance
1998
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Doomsday
19989.0
Fóstbræður
1997