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Sigurjón Sighvatsson is a Co-Producer Islandais born on 15 june 1962 at Reykjavík (Islande)

Sigurjón Sighvatsson

Sigurjón Sighvatsson
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Nationality Islande
Birth 15 june 1962 (61 years) at Reykjavík (Islande)

Sigurjón Sighvatsson (born 15 June 1952), also known as Joni Sighvatsson, is Icelandic Hollywood film producer and businessman.

Biography

Sigurjón Sighvatsson was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, the son of Sigurborg Sigurjonsdottir and Sighvatur Karlsson. He immigrated to the United States in 1978. He graduated with BA in English and literature from the University of Iceland and MFA from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

He began his professional film career as a co-founder of Propaganda Films, which revolutionized the commercial and music video industries before moving into feature film production. While at Propaganda, he worked with future directing stars such as David Fincher, Michael Bay and Spike Jonze and produced such films as David Lynch's Wild at Heart, Madonna: Truth or Dare, Kalifornia, Basquiat, Candyman, Red Rock West and A Thousand Acres. Additionally, he produced the modern television classic David Lynch's Twin Peaks and was one of the original producers on the original Beverly Hills 90210 series. He then served as the first president of Lakeshore Entertainment, where he oversaw and/or executive produced such films as Arlington Road, Runaway Bride, The Mothman Prophecies, 200 Cigarettes, Homegrown, and Polish Wedding.

He is the principal of Palomar Pictures, an independent film production company in Los Angeles. His current project Killer Elite was released September 23, 2011. He also produced Brothers, Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, Screaming Masterpiece, A Little Trip to Heaven, K-19: The Widowmaker and The Weight of Water, The Good Heart, The Last Winter, Destricted and Pretty Persuasion. Additionally, he serves as chairman of Scanbox Entertainment, a major Scandinavian film distribution and production company through which he executive produced Valhalla Rising. He will produce the Julie Kagawa Young-adult fiction novel Blood of Eden.

Sighvatsson is the Icelandic Consul General in Los Angeles (honorary). He owns clothing manufacturer 66°North.

Best films

Wild at Heart (1990)
(Producer)

Usually with

Steve Golin
Steve Golin
(16 films)
Tom Rosenberg
Tom Rosenberg
(11 films)
Clive Barker
Clive Barker
(3 films)
David Lynch
David Lynch
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Sigurjón Sighvatsson (53 films)

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Producer

Wind River
Wind River (2017)
, 1h51
Directed by Taylor Sheridan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Jeremy Lee Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Gil Birmingham, Kelsey Chow, Jon Bernthal, Graham Greene
Roles Executive Producer
Rating76% 3.847353.847353.847353.847353.84735
Traumatisé par la mort de sa fille, Cory Lambert travaille pour le United States Fish and Wildlife Service dans le Wyoming. Un jour, il trouve le corps d'une adolescente dans une région déserte de la réserve indienne de Wind River. Le FBI envoie alors sur les lieux une jeune agente inexpérimentée, Jane Banner. Rapidement consciente de son ignorance des réalités de ce milieu isolé et hostile, dépassée par les événements violents qui se succèdent, elle engage Cory comme pisteur pour l'aider dans sa tâche.
I Remember You, 1h45
Directed by Óskar Thór Axelsson
Origin Islande
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir
Roles Producer
Rating60% 3.049733.049733.049733.049733.04973
Une femme se suicide dans une église à Ísafjörður. Selon le psychiatre Freyr (Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson), cette femme a souffert par la disparition de son fils de huit ans il y a trois ans. Freyr, lui-même, a perdu son fils disparu, dont son ex-femme est toujours à la recherche. Au même moment, le couple Garðar (Thor Kristjansson) et Katrín (Anna Gunndís Guðmundsdóttir) ainsi que leur amie Líf (Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir) qui souhaite faire le deuil de son mari s’installent dans une maison abandonnée, qu’ils la rénovent, dans un petit village perdu à Hesteyri à l'ouest de l'Islande. Ces derniers découvrent que leur maison est hantée, et Katrín voit le corps d’un enfant disparu soixante ans plus tôt.
I.T.
I.T. (2016)
, 1h35
Directed by John Moore
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Pierce Brosnan, James Frecheville, Anna Friel, Stefanie Scott, Michael Nyqvist, Claire-Hope Ashitey
Roles Co-Producer
Rating54% 2.748742.748742.748742.748742.74874
Mike Regan (Pierce Brosnan) est un homme qui a tout : une belle épouse, une belle fille. Mais il se retrouve dans un jeu du chat et la souris mortel quand Ed Porter (James Frecheville) commence à guetter sa fille. Ce dernier utilise la technologie pour menacer sa famille, son entreprise et sa vie.
Z for Zachariah, 1h35
Directed by Craig Zobel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Romance, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Disaster films
Actors Margot Robbie, Tobey Maguire, Chris Pine, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Roles Producer
Rating59% 2.995572.995572.995572.995572.99557
Nuclear apocalyptic survivor Ann Burden ekes out an agrarian life on her family's valley farmstead, sheltered from radioactive contaminants by rocky hillsides, favorable weather patterns, and an abundant ground-fed water supply. One day Ann encounters fellow survivor John Loomis, a highly-skilled engineer, who, aided by medicines and a radiation suit, has traveled from a distant military bunker to the safe confines of Burden's valley. Loomis bathes in contaminated water, and immediately sickens, but is nursed back to health by Ann, who welcomes him into her farmhouse.
The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, 1h54
Directed by Felix Herngren
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Actors Kerry Shale, Iwar Wiklander, Mia Skäringer, Jens Hultén, Alan Ford, Miglen Mirtchev
Roles Executive Producer
Rating69% 3.4977853.4977853.4977853.4977853.497785
Alan Karlsson, homme ordinaire au destin extraordinaire, qui a connu la guerre et rencontré les personnalités les plus influentes, est sur le point de fêter ses 100 ans. Alors que les infirmières de sa maison de retraite, dans laquelle il s'est retrouvé enfermé malgré lui après avoir commis un petit forfait, s'affairent à préparer son gâteau d'anniversaire, avec comme il se doit 100 bougies, l'homme décide de s'enfuir par la fenêtre et de partir le plus loin possible sans savoir où il va. Il y fera la connaissance d'un autre vieillard et se retrouvera poursuivi par des redoutables gangsters à qui il a subtilisé sans le savoir une valise contenant 50 millions de couronnes.
Killer Elite, 1h56
Directed by Gary McKendry
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Yvonne Strahovski, Clive Owen, Jason Statham, Dominic Purcell, Robert De Niro, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Roles Producer
Rating63% 3.198963.198963.198963.198963.19896
In 1980, mercenaries Danny Bryce (Jason Statham), Hunter (Robert De Niro), Davies (Dominic Purcell), and Meier (Aden Young) are in Mexico to assassinate a man. Danny unwittingly kills him in front of his young child, then is injured during the getaway. Affected by this outcome, Danny retires and returns to his native Australia.
Brothers
Brothers (2009)
, 1h45
Directed by Jim Sheridan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Films about terrorism, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard, Clifton Collins, Jr., Mare Winningham
Roles Producer
Rating71% 3.5522153.5522153.5522153.5522153.552215
Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) is a Marine captain about to embark on his fourth tour of duty. He is a steadfast family man married to his high school sweetheart, Grace (Natalie Portman), and he has two young daughters, Isabelle and Maggie (Bailee Madison and Taylor Geare). Sam's brother Tommy (Jake Gyllenhaal) is being released from jail for an armed robbery, before Sam departs for Afghanistan in October, 2007. News comes that Sam's helicopter has crashed over the water, killing all of the Marines aboard. In reality, he and a hometown friend, Private Joe Willis (Patrick Flueger), have been taken prisoner in a mountain village.
Valhalla Rising, 1h29
Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Films based on mythology, Transport films, Films set in the Viking Age, Films based on Norse mythology
Actors Mads Mikkelsen, Jamie Sives, Gary Lewis, Alexander Morton, Ewan Stewart, Tsering Dorjee
Roles Executive Producer
Rating60% 3.0009253.0009253.0009253.0009253.000925
The prologue states that at the dawn of time there was man and nature. Then men bearing crosses drove the heathens to the fringes of the earth.
The Good Heart, 1h39
Directed by Dagur Kári
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Brian Cox, Paul Dano, Isild Le Besco, Stephanie Szostak, Nicolas Bro, Clark Middleton
Roles Executive Producer
Rating67% 3.3946553.3946553.3946553.3946553.394655
Short-tempered bartender Jacques (Brian Cox) has a heart-attack. Young homeless man Lucas (Paul Dano) fails in a suicide attempt. They share a room in the hospital. They agree that Lucas can stay in the bar, and that Jacques will coach him to become his successor. In the beginning Jacques complains that Lucas is too soft toward guests.
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, 1h30
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Association football films, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Roles Producer
Rating60% 3.0494653.0494653.0494653.0494653.049465
Dix-sept caméras haute définition suivent Zinédine Zidane pendant 90 minutes au cours du match Real Madrid - Villarreal CF le 23 avril 2005, durée écourtée du fait de son expulsion à la fin de ce match.
The Last Winter, 1h47
Directed by Larry Fessenden
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Ron Perlman, Pato Hoffmann, James LeGros, Connie Britton, Zach Gilford, Kevin Corrigan
Roles Executive Producer
Rating54% 2.749672.749672.749672.749672.74967
The American oil company KIK Corporation is building an ice road to explore the remote northern Arctic National Wildlife Refuge seeking energy independence. Independent environmentalists work together in a drilling base headed by the tough Ed Pollack in a sort of agreement with the government, approving procedures and sending reports of the operation. When one team member is found dead and naked on the snow, the environmentalist James Hoffman suspects that sour gas (natural gas containing hydrogen sulfide) may have been leaked out as a result of runaway climate change (arctic methane release). The sour gas might then be provoking hallucinations and insanity in the group. After a second fatal incident, he convinces Ed to travel with the team to a hospital for examination. However, weird events end up trapping the group at the base.
Destricted
Destricted (2006)
, 1h52
Directed by Gaspar Noé, Larry Clark, Marco Brambilla, Sam Taylor-Johnson
Genres Drama, Documentary, Pornographic
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about pornography
Actors Jasmine Byrne, Dillan Lauren, August, Sativa Rose, Nancy Vee, Manuel Ferrara
Roles Executive Producer
Rating45% 2.254982.254982.254982.254982.25498
Impaled (Larry Clark) - A casting for a porn film, but not with the insecure women often displayed, instead with insecure young men. (37min 28s). Balkan Erotic Epic (Marina Abramović) - An erotic comedy about myths from the Balkan around the sexual organs. (13 min 04s).
Pretty Persuasion, 1h44
Directed by Marcos Siega
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Films about psychiatry, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Evan Rachel Wood, James Woods, Ron Livingston, Elisabeth Harnois, Jane Krakowski, Stark Sands
Roles Executive Producer
Rating63% 3.196333.196333.196333.196333.19633
Kimberly Joyce (Evan Rachel Wood) is a high school student at Roxbury, a Beverly Hills school for the wealthy. She and her best friend Brittany (Elisabeth Harnois) take Randa (Adi Schnall), a new student who recently immigrated from the Middle East, under their wing. When Kimberly decides to take her revenge on a teacher, Percy Anderson (Ron Livingston), who humiliated Brittany, she draws everyone - including her friends, family, and the media (a reporter played by Jane Krakowski) - into her plot, resulting in unforeseen repercussions. The film makes use of twists and flashbacks to tell its story.
A Little Trip to Heaven, 1h26
Directed by Baltasar Kormákur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Forest Whitaker, Julia Stiles, Jeremy Lee Renner, Peter Coyote, Anne Reid, Joanna Scanlan
Roles Producer
Rating58% 2.947412.947412.947412.947412.94741
The very beginning of the film, before the opening credits, shows a new widow sitting in a life insurance office. Expecting to be compensated for her husband's death, the widow is informed that she is not entitled to full death benefits because the insurance company has captured footage of her husband smoking and attributes cigarettes to his death. Abe Holt looks on as his co-worker convinces the widow that she's lucky to leave with a small fraction of the award she was expecting.
Screaming Masterpiece, 1h27
Genres Musical theatre, Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Björk, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Dagur Kári
Roles Producer
Rating71% 3.5804353.5804353.5804353.5804353.580435
Voici un documentaire retraçant l'histoire de la musique en Islande. Il essaie de comprendre d'où vient la variété musicale de cette petite île...