Viðar Víkingsson

Born in 1951 in Reykjavik, Iceland, Vidar Vikingsson went to Paris after high school where he studied French literature. In 1976 he entered the French National Film School, I.D.H.E.C. His diploma film, White Spot at the Back of the Head, was inspired by the Icelandic ghost story the Deacon of Myrka, transposed to Paris with several added elements. Vikingsson then got a diploma, D.E.A., at the Sorbonne under the direction of Éric Rohmer. He returned to Iceland and in the eighties did two horror films at RUV, the Icelandic National Television, Draugasaga (1985) and Tilbury (1987). He started filming a third horror film, Clayman, that was supposed to be a feature film, but was unable to finish it because of lack of funds. At the television, he also did a coming-of-age story, Marjas, (1992). He has directed sitcoms and made several documentaries on different subjects ranging from geology, Vatnajokull, Ice on Fire,(2000) to a film about the vocalist and songwriter Megas, The Punkmeister and the Pietist, (2016).