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Baltasar Kormákur is an Icelandic actor and filmmaker whose work spans theater, movies and television. His latest film, Apex, starring Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton and Eric Bana, is now streaming on Netflix. He is the director of Icelandic films including 101 Reykjavik, The Sea, Jar City, The Oath and The Deep, the latter of which was shortlisted for the foreign language Academy Award. Since 2008, Kormákur has directed and produced several non-Icelandic features, such as Contraband, starring Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster and Kate Beckinsale; 2 Guns, with Denzel Washington and Wahlberg; the epic adventure movie Everest, with an ensemble cast featuring Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Sam Worthington, Emily Watson, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright and Jake Gyllenhaal; the ocean survival tale Adrift, starring Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin; and the survival movie Beast, starring Idris Elba and Sharlto Copley.

Baltasar Kormákur

Film

Three Great Things: Baltasar Kormákur

Bradley Rust Gray (born 1971) is an American independent filmmaker. His feature Salt (2003), shot in Iceland, won the Calgary Film Prize at Berlin. The Exploding Girl (2009) won the Best Actress prize at the Tribeca Film Festival for Zoe Kazan’s performance and was released by Oscilloscope Laboratories. Jack &amp; Diane (2012) was released by Magnolia Pictures. <a href="https://strandreleasing.com/films/ill-be-your-mirror/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">I’ll Be Your Mirror</a> (aka Blood), his most recent feature, was awarded an award for Uncompromising Artistic Vision in 2022 at The Sundance Film Festival and opens at the <a href="https://www.ifccenter.com/films/ill-be-your-mirror/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFC Center</a> on August 23 and the <a href="https://www.laemmle.com/film/ill-be-your-mirror" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Laemmle Glendale</a> on August 30. Additionally, Gray has produced four films by So Yong Kim: In Between Days (2006), Treeless Mountain (2008), For Ellen (2012) and Lovesong (2016). He is a Fulbright scholar who has received graduate degrees from both USC and the British Film Institute in London.

Bradley Rust Gray

Plywood and Filmmaking

Award-winning Icelandic composer, musician and writer Barði Jóhannsson has composed or contributed to upwards of 30 soundtracks and scores across film, television — including shows such as The O.C., X-Files, and The L-Word — and theatre. He has written and collaborated with the likes of Sia, M83’s Anthony Gonzales, AIR’s Jean-Benoit Dunckel, Ladytron, Keren Ann, and more, performed his work with symphonies and orchestras all over Europe, and has been nominated for or won countless awards at festivals including the Icelandic Film Awards and Scandinavian Film Awards. In addition to his work in film scores, Jóhannsson has co-produced and co-directed short films for the National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavik City Theatre, and Centre Dramatique d&#8217;Orleans. He has also curated an arctic drone festival in Northern Iceland, and even has a statue of himself in the Icelandic Museum of Rock ‘n’ Roll. (Photo Credit: Saga Sig)

Barði Jóhannsson

Music

If You Are Jealous and Boring, You Probably Won’t Go Far in Iceland

The New York Times called Jennifer Prediger a &#8220;busy indie actress&#8221;. She is also a busy writer, director and producer living in Los Angeles. She made her directorial debut in 2014 with collaborator Jess Weixler with their movie Apartment Troubles, starring Weixler, Prediger, Megan Mullally, Will Forte and Jeffrey Tambor. She has appeared in such movies as Joe Swanberg&#8217;s Uncle Kent, Hannah Fidell&#8217;s A Teacher, Bob Byington&#8217;s Infinity Baby, Madeleine Olnek&#8217;s The Foxy Merkins, Onur Tukel&#8217;s Applesauce and Richard&#8217;s Wedding, Alex Karpovsky&#8217;s Red Flag, and the Gotham Award-winning web series The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes. Find out more at <a href="https://www.luckyprediger.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">luckyprediger.com</a>.

Jennifer Prediger

A Cause Worth Fighting For: Benedikt Erlingsson’s Woman at War

Why I Make Extreme Survival Movies

Greg Fox is a multi-instrumentalist, interdisciplinary artist, and teacher born and based in New York City. A versatile and prolific creative, Fox studied percussion with Guy Licata, Thurman Barker, Marvin “Bugalu” Smith, and has toured, recorded and released numerous records as a solo artist, as well as with Liturgy, Guardian Alien, ZS, Ex Eye, Skeletons, Teeth Mountain, Dan Deacon, Colin Stetson, Ben Frost, and many more.
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Greg Fox

Greg Fox (Guardian Alien, Zs, Liturgy) Talks Bathhouse & Sauna Therapy

Brendan Canty is a musician and filmmaker.  He was originally a member of Fugazi and his current band Deathfix can be found <a href="http://www.deathfix.com/">here</a>.  His film production company Trixie can be found <a href="http://www.trixiefilm.com/">here</a>.

Brendan Canty

Brendan Canty (Fugazi, Deathfix) Talks Múm’s Smilewound

Kitty is a Florida-based rapper. She has written for Noisey and Consequence of Sound, and is currently working on a collection of essays. You can follow her on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/kittaveli">here</a> or on Tumblr <a href="http://kittydothedishes.tumblr.com/">here</a>

Kitty

Kitty Talks Emilíana Torrini’s Tookah

Kurt Wagner is a founding member of the group <a href="http://www.lambchop.net/">Lambchop</a>, who have been making records consistently since approx. 1987. Look it up. He is currently working on electronic dance recordings based on a 2 min. 40 sec. monologue by Buddy Hackett called <a id="yui_3_10_3_3_1393352763581_437" href="http://www.songrecords.us/coral61105.mp3">&#8220;The Diet&#8221;</a>  originally released by Coral Records as a 78 rpm single in 1953. You can follow him on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/lambchopisaband">here</a>

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