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Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson

Producer, director and writer · Born February 25, 1982 (44) · Reykjavík, Iceland

Cannes award winner · Venice award winner · Berlinale award winner

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson (born 25 February 1982; Reykjavík) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 25, 1982 (44)
From
Reykjavík, Iceland
Works as
Producer, director and writer
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Up 33% in 30 days

What are Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
27%
Bonds
23%
Morality
19%
Society
17%
Survival
14%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 4

Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 4

A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 4

Resolved 0 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Melancholic
4
Dread
3
Contemplative
1
Bittersweet
1
Other
2

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

10 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Damned(2024)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
  • Godland(2022)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Beautiful Beings(2022)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Nest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Co-Producer

  • A White, White Day(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
  • Heartstone(2016)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Artun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Whale Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director · Writer

  • Jeffrey & Beth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

  • Hidebound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director · Editor · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 10 titles from 2005 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing6 of 10: 0 only directing, 6 with another roleWriting6 of 10: 0 only writing, 6 with another roleProducing7 of 10: 4 only producing, 3 with another roleEditing1 of 10: 0 only editing, 1 with another role

10 titles, 6 with more than one role — producing and directing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2000s2 · crew2010s4 · crew2020s4 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Awards

3 major awards from 7 major nominations, 2013–2022.

WinNomination
  1. 2022
    • Berlinale award, won
    • Berlinale award, nominated · Best Feature Film
    • Berlinale award, nominated · Feature Film
  2. 2016
    • Venice award, won
    • Venice award, nominated · Best Film (Venice Days)
  3. 2013
    • Cannes award, won · Short Film
    • Cannes award, nominated

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 85th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 83rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed1

Reviewers score the atmosphere 84/100 and the pacing 40/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles48–81 · median 64 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles22–54 · median 49 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 46 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Frightening / Intense5 titles44–82 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson work with?

People who share at least 2 of Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Anton Máni Svansson shares the most, 5.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers