Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir

Biography

Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir is an Icelandic writer-director, producer and one of Iceland’s most well known actresses (Heartstone, Paris of the North, XL). She is a founding member of the innovative theatre company Vesturport (Undercurrent, Children, Parents) and a co-owner of Zik Zak Filmworks (Nói Albinói, Good Heart, The Together Project). Nanna Kristín graduated from the Vancouver Film School with a degree in scriptwriting for film and television. In 2014 she wrote and directed her debut short Playing with Balls which premiered at TIFF. Cubs is her second short film as a writer-director.