Baltasar Kormákur

Baltasar Kormákur Baltasarsson born 27 February 1966 Reykjavik is an Icelandic actor theater and film director and film producer He is best known for directing the films 101 Reykjavík The Sea A Little Trip to Heaven Contraband 2 Guns Everest and Katla series Baltasar was born in Reykjavík Iceland His father is the Spanish painter Baltasar Samper His son is actor Baltasar Breki Samper For his film Jar City he won the Crystal Globe award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2007 In December 2011 it was announced the production of a drama film Rocketman with Baltasar Kormákur and Dagur Kári was set to direct the film His 2012 film The Deep was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards making the January shortlist In January 2013 it was again announced that the film will be produced by Baltasar with his partner Agnes Johansen Denmarks Nimbus Film will coproduce the film The films production started in February and will be filmed until the end of 2013 with an expected release in 2015 In February 2015 it was announced that his next film would be the crimethriller The Oath which is based on a script by actor Ólafur Egilsson In 2020 Baltasar began production of the Netflix science fiction series Katla