Directing
Benedikt Erlingsson
- Titles
- 19movies7TV shows
- Career
Active from 1997 to 2025, busiest in 2008 and 2013 with 2 main titles each.
- Directed
- 6titles as director
- Average score
71/100
- Highest rated
Volcano79/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Contemporary Realism8.5average 5.2
- Satire & Parody4.8average 2.3
- Politics5.1average 2.6
- Social Commentary7.2average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism5.2average 3.3
- Dark Humor4.1average 2.9
- Absurdist Humor3.2average 2.0
- Family Dynamics5.7average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Historical1.5, average 2.6
- Adrenaline4.1, average 5.1
- Scare1.7, average 2.6
- Coming of Age2.2, average 2.9
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 3
- Character-Driven 2
- Icelandic Setting 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Hilmir Snær GuðnasonActorFóstbræður, Polite People, The Higher Force, Circledrawers
Bergsteinn BjörgúlfssonCinematographerThe Danish Woman, Woman at War, Of Horses and Men, The Nail- DDavið Alexander CornoEditorThe Danish Woman, Woman at War, Of Horses and Men, The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals
Halldóra GeirharðsdóttirActorThe Danish Woman, Woman at War, Polite People
Ingvar E. SigurðssonActorOf Horses and Men, Polite People, The Higher Force- OOlaf de Fleur JohannessonDirectorPolite People, The Higher Force, Circledrawers
Stefan C. SchaeferActorThe Higher Force, Circledrawers
Jens AlbinusActorThe Danish Woman, The Boss of It All
Stefán Karl StefánssonActorPolite People, The Lost Little Caterpillar
Charlotte BøvingActorOf Horses and Men, Thanks- HHrafnkell StefánssonWriterPolite People, Circledrawers
- SSigurbjörg JónsdóttirEditorPolite People, The Nail
Movies and TV shows
242020s
4 titles · average score 75
76
The Danish Woman (2025)
TV show · as Balding Thug
80
Touch (2024)
as Dr. Stefánsson
70
Blackport (2021)
TV show · as Steingrímur
Hver drap Friðrik Dór? (2021)
as Bróðir Símon
2010s
8 titles · average score 73
73
Woman at War (2018)
Screenplay, Director
79
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016)
as Halldor Laxness
Poor Iceland (2016)
Producer
78
Of Horses and Men (2013)
Writer, Director
59
Polite People (2013)
as Þorgeir
79
Volcano (2011)
as Pálmi
World's End (2011)
TV show · as Búi
2000s
10 titles · average score 66
Circledrawers (2009)
as Mozart
The Nail (2008)
Director, Screenplay
The Higher Force (2008)
as Snati
Parents (2007)
as Police man
Thanks (2007)
Writer, Director
65
The Boss of It All (2006)
as Interpreter
71
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey (2004)
TV show · as Flykaptajn
The Lost Little Caterpillar (2002)
as Narrator
Mit liv som Bent (2001)
TV show · as Haraldur, Linettes kæreste
63
The Seagull's Laughter (2001)
as Hilli
1990s
2 titles
The Dance (1998)
as Hólófernes
Fóstbræður (1997)
TV show