''Jon Gustafsson'' is an

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born

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and photographer. The Icelandic spelling of his name is Jón Gústafsson. Best known for directing the

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Wrath of Gods ''Wrath of Gods'' is a 2006 documentary film directed by Jon Gustafsson. It tells the story of the dramatic circumstances Canadian director Sturla Gunnarsson and his crew had to go through during the making of the film ''Beowulf & Grendel''. The m ...

, starring

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and

Sturla Gunnarsson Sturla Gunnarsson (born August 30, 1951) is an Icelandic-Canadian film and television director and producer. Gunnarsson was born in Reykjavík in 1951. He moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, with his parents when he was seven years old. As he ...

. He grew up in

where he started his career as a television performer before studying filmmaking at

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and directing for film and theatre at

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where he was mentored by the legendary

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director

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was his second documentary for

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, the first one was

The Importance of Being Icelandic ''The Importance of Being Icelandic'' is a 1998 documentary film by the filmmaker Jon Gustafsson (born in Iceland and living in Canada) that traces the steps of three Icelandic Canadians on a different quest of discovering their Icelandic herit ...

. He immigrated to Canada where he directed the low-budget feature film Kanadiana and the music video Brighter Hell for the Canadian rock band The Watchmen. In 2011 Jon Gustafsson produced the award winning short film In A Heartbeat, directed by Karolina Lewicka, through his production company

Artio Films Artio Films is an Icelandic film production company founded in 2006 by Jon Gustafsson. Artio Films produces documentaries, feature films, short films and commercials. Artio Films has produced commercial projects for Icelandic companies, Animal ...

. He co-wrote and co-directed the feature film Shadowtown with Karolina Lewicka.

Awards

Blizzard Award - Best Music Video - Brighter Hell, The Watchmen
Audience Award - Best Documentary Feature - Oxford International Film Festival 2007
Jury Award - Achievement in Filmmaking - Stony Brook Film Festival, NY, 2007
Jury Award - Best Documentary Feature shot in digital, Napa Sonoma WineCountry Film Festival 2007
Bronze Remi - Entertainment - WorldFest Huston International Film Festival 2007
Jury Award – Best Documentary – MOFF Santarém
Grand Jury Award – Best Documentary Feature – Red Rock Film Festival
Best Short Film - In A Heartbeat - International Children's Film Festival Bangalore 2011
Best Short Film - In A Heartbeat - Montevideo, Uruguay 2011
Honorable Mention - Columbus International Film + Video Festival, Ohio 2011

External links

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"Jon Gustafsson" - Official Website'''Wrath Of Gods - Official Website'' (2007)''Beowulf and Grendel'' Official Site"Artio Films""Iceland Is A Work Of Art photographs by Jon Gustafsson"
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