Sturla Gunnarsson

Sturla Gunnarsson
Born	1951 Reykjavík, Iceland
Occupation	Film director
Website http://www.sturlagunnarsson.com

Sturla Gunnarsson is an award-winning Canadian film director

Gunnarsson was born in Iceland in 1951. He moved to Vancouver, BC with his parents when he was seven years old. As he grew up he became interested in filmmaking and went to the University of British Columbia where he completed undergraduate studies in English literature and graduate work in film studies. Part of the graduate program requires the production of a film. His, A Day Much Like the Others, went on to win top honours at the Canadian Student Film Festival and the European Student Film Festival. It was also screened at the Museum of Modern Art.

With his formal education behind him, Sturla moved to Toronto and worked initially at the National Film Board (NFB). His first NFB project, After the Axe, received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature. He has since won a number of awards including Emmy Award, Genie Award and Gemini Awards, a Prix Italia, and the Prix Villes de Cannes.

Features & TV Movies

• A Day Much Like the Others (1979)
• After the Axe (1982-P)
• Final Offer (TV-1985-P)
• Where Is Here? (1987-P)
• Diplomatic Immunity (1991-P)
• The Diary of Evelyn Lau (TV-1993)
• We the Jury (TV-1996)
• Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story (TV-1996)
• Gerrie & Louise (1997)
• Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way (TV-1997)
• Such a Long Journey (1998)
• Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story (TV-1999)
• Ricky Nelson: Original Teen Idol (TV-1999)
• Scorn (TV-2000)
• Rare Birds (2001)
• The Man Who Saved Christmas (TV-2002)
• 100 Days in the Jungle (TV-2002)
• Beowulf & Grendel (2005-P)
• Air India 182 Documentary (TV-2008)

Awards

• International Emmy Award in 1997, for Gerrie & Louise
• Genie Award in 1986, for Final Offer
• Gemini Awards
• Prix Italia
• Prix Villes de Cannes

External links

• Sturla Gunnarsson at the Internet Movie Database