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Börkur Sigthorsson

Börkur Sigthorsson

Writer/Director, Iceland - Come to Harm

Based in London since 2004, Börkur was signed as a director to the renowned UK music video production company Oil Factory (Factory Films), where he worked for the next 5 years.
Among his commissions are commercials for Nike (UK), Honda (UK), The Guardian (UK) and Fortum (Sweden) along with music videos for Richard Ashcroft (EMI), Supergrass (EMI), and Nine Black Alps (Island).
In 2008, Borkur co-wrote and directed his first short film, Support, which went on to win a number of awards. Support was acquired by Canal+ in France, and is being distributed by London based Futureshorts.
Come to Harm is Börkurʼs second short film. He is currently developing his first feature.