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Birgit Guðjónsdóttir (born 1962) is an Icelandic cinematographer. She has worked on films all over the world since 1992. In 2018, she was recognized with an honorary German Camera Prize for her lifelong work in

cinematography Cinematography (from ancient Greek κίνημα, ''kìnema'' "movement" and γράφειν, ''gràphein'' "to write") is the art of motion picture (and more recently, electronic video camera) photography. Cinematographers use a lens to focu ...

Biography

Guðjónsdóttir was born in Reykjavik in 1962. She attended the

Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt The Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt (HGBLuVA) ("Higher Federal Institution for Graphic Education and Research"), now commonly known as "die Graphische",Ulrike Matzer (2012), '“Le modèle tout complet”—Vienna’s Graphisch ...

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, but didn't go to the film academy because she was a single parent at the time. Guðjónsdóttir has been working on feature films and

documentaries A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in term ...

since 1992. She moved to

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

around 2000. In 2003, Guðjónsdóttir was lead camera on a German film, ''

Jargo ''Jargo'' is a 2004 coming of age film about a young man who experiences culture shock from moving from Saudi Arabia to Germany. The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and won two awards at the Sarajevo Film Festival. It was d ...

''. Guðjónsdóttir has also worked on ''

Good Bye Lenin! ''Good Bye Lenin!'' is a 2003 German tragicomedy film, directed by Wolfgang Becker. The cast includes Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, and Maria Simon. The story follows a family in East Germany (GDR); the mother (Sass) is dedica ...

'' (2003), ''

The Bourne Supremacy ''The Bourne Supremacy'' is the second Jason Bourne novel written by Robert Ludlum, first published in 1986. It is the sequel to Ludlum's bestseller '' The Bourne Identity'' (1980) and precedes Ludlum's final Bourne novel, '' The Bourne Ultima ...

'' (2004) and '' Æeon Flux'' (2005). She was the cinematographer for the

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

film ''

Our Grand Despair ''Our Grand Despair'' ( tr, Bizim Büyük Çaresizliğimiz) is a 2011 Turkish drama film, directed by Seyfi Teoman, about two flatmates who reluctantly take in their friend's traumatised sister. The film premiered in competition at the 61st Ber ...

'' (2011). ''The Routledge Dictionary of Turkish Cinema'' states that one of the film's strong points is Guðjónsdóttir's camera work, including "beautiful outdoor images." In 2018, she was awarded an honorary German Camera Prize (''Deutschen Kamerapreis''). This award goes to individuals who have an "outstanding career in filmmaking."

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