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Directing

Benedikt Erlingsson

Career

Active from 1997 to 2025, busiest in 2008 and 2011 with 2 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Woman at War
Woman at War
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Benedikt Erlingsson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Scare
    1.6, average 2.6
  • Adrenaline
    3.9, average 4.8
  • Historical
    1.7, average 2.5
  • Coming of Age
    2.2, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Icelandic Setting 2
  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

24
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 73
The Danish Woman
The Danish Woman (2025)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Balding Thug

Touch
Touch (2024)
GoodWatch score 80

as Dr. Stefánsson

Blackport
Blackport (2021)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Steingrímur

Hver drap Friðrik Dór?
Hver drap Friðrik Dór? (2021)

as Bróðir Símon

2010s

8 titles · average score 74
Woman at War
Woman at War (2018)
GoodWatch score 82

Director, Producer

Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016)
GoodWatch score 75

as Halldor Laxness

Poor Iceland
Poor Iceland (2016)

Producer

The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals
The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals (2015)

Director

Of Horses and Men
Of Horses and Men (2013)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer, Director

Polite People
Polite People (2011)
GoodWatch score 70

as Þorgeir

Volcano
Volcano (2011)
GoodWatch score 74

as Pálmi

World's End
World's End (2011)

TV show · as Búi

2000s

10 titles · average score 64
Circledrawers
Circledrawers (2009)

as Mozart

The Nail
The Nail (2008)

Co-Producer, Director

The Higher Force
The Higher Force (2008)
GoodWatch score 55

as Snati

Parents
Parents (2007)
GoodWatch score 64

as Police man

Thanks
Thanks (2007)

Director, Writer

The Boss of It All
The Boss of It All (2006)
GoodWatch score 70

as Interpreter

The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey (2004)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Flykaptajn

The Lost Little Caterpillar
The Lost Little Caterpillar (2002)

as Narrator

My Life as Bent
My Life as Bent (2001)

TV show · as Haraldur, Linettes kæreste

The Seagull's Laughter
The Seagull's Laughter (2001)
GoodWatch score 61

as Hilli

1990s

2 titles
The Dance
The Dance (1998)

as Hólófernes

Fóstbræður
Fóstbræður (1997)

TV show