Sigurjon sighvatsson biography books

All All. Sign In. Jump to Overview 2 Biography 1 Edit. Sigurjon Joni Sighvatsson, a veteran producer with over 60 feature films and television series to his credit, is the CEO and principal producer of Palomar Pictures, an independent Film and TV production company, as well as the Chairman of the Scandinavian film distributor Scanbox Entertainment.

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Sighvatsson has worked with some of the most successful filmmakers in the industry, including David Lynch, Kathryn Bigelow, Jim Sheridan, Julian Schnabel, and multiple Academy Award nominees and winners. Among his films are Brothers, Z for Zachariah, Killer Elite, as well as classics such as Wild at Heart, Arlington Road, and Basquiat, and he recently produced the biopic on Hilma af Klint, the Swedish artist discovered 20 years after her death who is now understood to be the earliest abstract artist.

Sighvatsson has also long been a significant force in the world of art films. After having paved the way for visual artists moving into feature films with Julian Schnabel's highly acclaimed Basquiat, Sighvatsson has also produced the groundbreaking Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait as well as the controversial Destricted, a collection of short films by some of the world's leading artists focusing on the concept of pornography.

Sigurjón "Joni" Sighvatsson (born 15 June ) is an Icelandic Hollywood film producer and businessman.

Before coming to the United States, Sighvatsson enjoyed a successful career as a musician in his native Iceland, founding the country's first recording studio when he was After finishing his B. In , Sighvatsson co-founded Propaganda Films, which quickly became the leading music video and commercial production company in the world before expanding into feature films with Red Rock West, Kalifornia, and David Lynch's Wild At Heart which won the coveted Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

In , Sighvatsson became the founding president of Lakeshore Entertainment, where he produced or executive produced films such as Polish Wedding, Cigarettes and Arlington Road. In Sighvatsson acquired Scanbox Entertainment, the third largest independent Scandinavian film distributor, as well as heritage clothing company 66 North in Iceland, which he built into an award winning international outdoor brand.

Having been a documentary producer for many years, Sighvatsson has recently branched out into documentary directing. His debut feature, "Exxtinction Emergency," an in depth examination of the direct action climate protest movement known as Extinction Rebellion, premiered at the Reykjavik International Film Festival in