Greta Olafsdottir
Award winning independent documentary director & producer at Bless Bless Productions & Documentary consultant at The Icelandic Film Institute end year 2023
- Role
- Independent Documentary Director - Producer at Bless Bless Production
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Greta Olafsdottir
Award winning documentary director and producer living in New York City. Documentaries include: Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement, winner of 24 Audience and Jury awards for Best Documentary at international and domestic film festivals. The love story behind the historic Supreme Court case that overturned DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act. Co-production with the Sundance Channel. The Brandon Teena Story - nominated for an EMMY Award for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. Awards include: Teddy Award and the Audience Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. Broadcast on HBO, The Sundance Channel, Channel 4 and many more stations around the world. Women, The Forgotten Face of War, about women refugees, and Through the Lens, about Sigrid Zoega and August Sander. For more info on my work go to my website. Co-Producer of La Chana, a beautiful Spanish documentary, winner of audience award at IDFA 2016, Nominated for European Film Award, Best Documentary 2017. Specialties: Documentary and Short Consultant. Documentary director and producer. Worked as documentary consultant for docs and shorts at the Icelandic Film Centre, for ten years.
Experience
Independent Documentary Director - Producer
Jan 1994 — Present · IS
Education
School of Visual Arts
Photography
1984 — 1988
Skills
- Documentaries
- Photography
- Independent Film
- Editing
- Video
- Feature Films
- Broadcast
- Television
- Film Festivals
- Media Production
- Screenwriting
- Cinematography
- Music Videos
- Directing
- Film Production
- Camera
- Video Production
- Festivals
- Entertainment
- Post Production
- Short Films
- Film
- Producing
- Final Cut Pro
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