Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir
Born (1984-08-01) 1 August 1984
NationalityIcelandic
Occupations
  • film director
  • screenwriter

Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir (born 1 August 1984) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter.[1] Ása graduated with an MA in filmmaking from Columbia University in 2012. Ása's 2017 feature film, The Swan, was based on Guðbergur Bergsson's 1991 book of the same name.[2] Her second film, A Letter from Helga, was based on Bergsvein Birgisson's 2010 book of the same name.[3]

Filmography

Director[1]

  • Love Story (2012) short
  • You and Me (2015) short
  • The Swan (2017)
  • Last Dance (2020) short
  • A Letter from Helga (2022)

References

  1. 1 2 "Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir". Icelandic Film Centre.
  2. Richter, Nína (25 November 2017). "Eins og að fá listamannalaun í ár". RÚV (in Icelandic).
  3. ""Skynjaði að það væri rosalega mikið að gerast heima"". RÚV (in Icelandic). 1 September 2022.


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