Staff Members

Hlin Johannesdottir

Dean

Hlín graduated from The University of Iceland with a degree in Anthropology and Media studies. She has worked in filmmaking since the year 2000, as a self employed producer, production manager, producer at Zik Zak Filmworks, but they have received over a 100 international awards for their projects, including an Oscar nomination. As a producer Hlin has worked with many of Iceland's major directors in producing feature films and documentaries. She has also worked as an author for magazines and online news media. She founded the film company Vintage Pictures with Birgitta Jonsdottir and owns the company Culture camp; Art Production House Ursus Parvus with Vilborg Einarsdottir. Hlin has produced films like "Svanurinn", "Bokeh" and "This is Sanlitum" to name just a few.

Anna Þórhallsdóttir

Chair of the school´s Quality council

Hrafnkell Stefánsson

Head of Studies

Hrafnkell has worked as a screenwriter and director since 2008. He has written many scripts for short movies and many others in development. He was nominated for the Edda awards for “Polite People” and among his movies are “City State” and “City State 2: Brave Men’s Blood” that have received many nominations.

Inga Rut Sigurðardóttir

Academic Counseling

Oddný Sen

Board Member

Oddný is a writer and film historian, educated from the Université de Paris VIII - Vincennes in Saint-Denis, Paris. Oddný is among the most experienced film history teacher in Iceland and has taught the topic on all study levels. She is an entrepreneur in film history education for children in collaboration with Bíó Paradís (Cinema Paradise) and has worked in that field since 2010. She has also held panel discussions about film making and silent movie festivals.

Oddný is additionally an active writer and has published popular biographies and interview books.

She is an important representative on the board due to teaching based factors.

Ágústa M. Jóhannsdóttir

Head of Core / Teacher in Core

Production, post production and teacher

Ólöf Ása Böðvarsdóttir

Secretary/Accountant/Office Manager

Jón Camson Sigurðsson

Technical Administrator and operations manager

Gunnar Örn Blöndal

Employee in equipment rental

Logi Sigursveinsson

Employee in equipment rental

Erna Lilliendahl

Web media management