Brúsi Ólason

History

Brúsi Ólason is an Icelandic director, screenwriter and editor. In 2015 Brúsi graduated from the University of Iceland where he majored in film studies and minored in creative writing. He then entered the MFA program in film at Columbia University in New York where he currently studies directing.

Movies

Dalía
Editor
A six year old boy of divorced parents spends a weekend at his dad's farm. Not knowing how to connect with his son, the father goes about his day working and treating the boy as any other farmhand. When they come across the mother's seriously wounded horse they finally find a way to connect as they carefully go through the process of putting the horse out of its misery.
Dalía
Director
A six year old boy of divorced parents spends a weekend at his dad's farm. Not knowing how to connect with his son, the father goes about his day working and treating the boy as any other farmhand. When they come across the mother's seriously wounded horse they finally find a way to connect as they carefully go through the process of putting the horse out of its misery.
Materna
Editor
A psychological portrait of four women, whose lives are bound together by an incident on the New York City subway.
Animalia
Editor
Surrounded by toy animals, a father struggling with loss searches for one last connection.
August Sky
Editor
In a world on fire, a seven-month-old pregnant nurse deals with growing anxiety while gradually finding herself attracted to a member of the Pentecostal church and her community.
Viktoría
Editor
Viktoría, a strong willed woman in her 60s, struggles to hold onto her dairy farm in Iceland, which has been in her family for generations as things gradually fall apart.
Viktoría
Screenplay
Viktoría, a strong willed woman in her 60s, struggles to hold onto her dairy farm in Iceland, which has been in her family for generations as things gradually fall apart.
Viktoría
Director
Viktoría, a strong willed woman in her 60s, struggles to hold onto her dairy farm in Iceland, which has been in her family for generations as things gradually fall apart.
Kanarí
Editor
Vala and Benni are on the road and struggle to find a mutual purpose in their new destination.
Premonición
Screenplay
Javier comes to a town in search of work. There he meets a group of peasants led by Chivo, a stubborn man who distrusts him and does not allow him to work. Guided by strange dreams, Javier will fight against prejudice to win a place in the community.
See Ya
Editor
A young Icelandic football player is on the cusp of living his childhood dream. Crucially, he will have to leave the familiar comforts of his home town to achieve this goal, a departure which turns out to be somewhat more painful than he anticipated.
See Ya
Writer
A young Icelandic football player is on the cusp of living his childhood dream. Crucially, he will have to leave the familiar comforts of his home town to achieve this goal, a departure which turns out to be somewhat more painful than he anticipated.
See Ya
Director
A young Icelandic football player is on the cusp of living his childhood dream. Crucially, he will have to leave the familiar comforts of his home town to achieve this goal, a departure which turns out to be somewhat more painful than he anticipated.
Rabbits
Producer
"Set in turn-of-the-century Kansas, an isolated farmer finds the body of a young woman and uses it to get over the death of his wife."