Baltasar Kormákur Baltasarsson (born 27 February 1966; Reykjavik) is an Icelandic actor, theater and film director, and film producer. He is best known for directing the films 101 Reykjavík, The Sea, A Little Trip to Heaven, Contraband, 2 Guns, Everest, and Katla series. Baltasar was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. His father is the Spanish painter Baltasar Samper. His son is actor Baltasar Breki Samper. For his film Jar City, he won the Crystal Globe award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2007. In December 2011, it was announced the production of a drama film Rocketman with Baltasar Kormákur and Dagur Kári was set to direct the film. His 2012 film The Deep was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, making the January shortlist. In January 2013, it was again announced that the film will be produced by Baltasar with his partner Agnes Johansen. Denmark's Nimbus Film will co-produce the film. The film's production started in February and will be filmed until the end of 2013, with an expected release in 2015. In February 2015, it was announced that his next film would be the crime-thriller The Oath, which is based on a script by actor Ólafur Egilsson. In 2020, Baltasar began production of the Netflix science fiction series Katla.
Angels of the Universe
(Óli)
A Fairy Tale of Our Time
No Such Thing
(Dr. Artaud)
Devil's Island
(Baddi)
Reykjavik-Rotterdam
(Kristófer)
Me and Morrison
(Askildsen)
Stormy Weather
(Einar)
Draumur um draum
Regína
(Ívar)
Investigation Into the Invisible World
101 Reykjavik
(Þröstur)
Agnes
(Natan)
The Oath
(Finnur)
Broken Glass
Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel
(Self)
Wallpaper: An Erotic Love Story
Dream Hunters
(Gunnar)
The Split
(Friðrik)
101 Reykjavik
(Director)
101 Reykjavik
(Screenplay)
White Night Wedding
(Director)
White Night Wedding
(Screenplay)
The Sea
(Director)
Inhale
(Director)
A Little Trip to Heaven
(Director)
Jar City
(Director)
Jar City
(Screenplay)
Jar City
(Producer)
Go LazyTown
(Writers' Assistant)
Go LazyTown
(Director)
Summerland
(Producer)
Against the Ice
(Producer)
Contraband
(Producer)
Contraband
(Director)
The Deep
(Screenplay)
The Deep
(Director)
The Deep
(Producer)
2 Guns
(Director)
Everest
(Director)
A Little Trip to Heaven
(Screenplay)
A Little Trip to Heaven
(Producer)
Virgin Mountain
(Producer)
Jar City
(Producer)
The Oath
(Director)
On the Job
(Writer)
Cascade
(Director)
On the Job
(Director)
The Oath
(Writer)
Touch
(Screenplay)
Touch
(Director)
Reykjavik-Rotterdam
(Producer)
Everest
(Producer)
Adrift
(Director)
Simply - A True Story
(Director)
The Oath
(Producer)
A Little Trip to Heaven
(Original Story)
Touch
(Producer)
Untitled Baltasar Kormákur/Jason Statham movie
(Director)
Untitled Baltasar Kormákur/Jason Statham movie
(Producer)
Adrift
(Producer)
Vultures
(Producer)
I Am Victor
(Producer)
I Am Victor
(Director)
The Sea
(Writer)
The Sea
(Producer)
White Night Wedding
(Producer)
Apex
(Director)
Apex
(Producer)
Pop in Reykjavik
(Producer)
Stormy Weather
(Producer)
The Good Spy
(Director)
Beast
(Director)
Beast
(Producer)
Trapped
(Director)
Trapped
(Writer)
Katla
(Creator)
Katla
(Director)
King & Conqueror
(Director)
King & Conqueror
(Executive Producer)
Trapped
(Creator)
Katla
(Creator)