Birgit Gudjonsdottir

Filmes

Ziemlich russische Freunde
Camera Supervisor
Die Rüden
Director of Photography
Ich werde nicht schweigen
Director of Photography
TV post-war drama about a gruesome chapter of the Nazi era. Nadja Uhl reveals "wild" euthanasia in psychiatry. Oldenburg, 1948: For Margaret Oelkers (Uhl) and her two little sons, the pension is not enough as a war-wittwe behind and in front. But the authorities are working hard, not even because of their lack of credentials on the employment of their killed in the war. After an energetic appearance at the office, she is briefly put into the psychiatry of the Wehnen nursing home as a trainee. The consequences are bitter: one attests to their schizophrenia, takes away the children and brings them to the sister in the country. For a year, Margarete was kept in the hospital against her will, and forced to do so with electric shocks. After her release, she was placed under the guardianship of her neighbor Erich Windhorst (Martin Wuttke), a man with an SS past...
Welcome to Iceland
Cinematography
In the desolate Icelandic highlands, two lowbrow lovers lose their ride, a suited suicide his trigger finger, and a nuclear family their center. Losing their way and their reasons, they fall apart while coming together. A drama rich in comedy, arid plains, and empty stomachs.
For My Sisters
Camera Technician
FOR MY SISTERS is a movie about black culture or rather: black women, specifially: a movie about black singers. Alberta Hunter, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Nina Simone. They are the four "Big Sisters", singer Carole Alston follows through to the age of jazz. Alston, "a voice as dark and sweet as molasses", as described by the Financial Times, was born in Washington, DC and has been living in Vienna for almost 30 years. She is sure: "Those four icons help you explain what jazz is and even the history of jazz right along."
Jargo
Cinematography
Jargo is a German teen brought up in Saudi Arabia. Moving to Berlin, Jargo maintains his Arabian clothing until he encounters a similar aged German Turk Kamil and here begins his introduction into the world of juvenile cool (read delinquency). He then has to decide which girls he likes while being pressured by his father to get laid.
Adeus, Lênin!
Second Unit Director of Photography
A mãe de Alexander, fiel devota do socialismo na antiga Alemanha Oriental, tem um ataque cardíaco ao ver o filho em uma passeata contra o sistema vigente. Quando ela acorda do coma, após a queda do muro de Berlim, o médico aconselha a Alexander que ela evite emoções fortes, pois outro ataque tão cedo seria fatal. Com o peso na consciência pelo estado atual de sua mãe, Alex faz de tudo para que ela continue vivendo em uma ilusória Alemanha socialista, mudando embalagens de produtos industrializados e até mesmo inventando documentários televisivos para preencher as brechas do dia-a-dia do recente capitalismo no país.