Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon

Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon

Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, to an Icelandic father who was a playwright, film and theatre director and a Siberian-Yakutian mother who is an actress and visual artist. Magnusson's mother graduated from the acting school GITIS in Moscow and his father graduated from the legendary film school VGIK where his parents actually first met. They moved to Reykjavik, Iceland from Moscow in 1966 after his father lost faith in the utopian dream of the USSR. Magnússon lived in Aarhus, Danmark 1979-83. He moved to Paris in 1989, studied at the Sorbonne University 1989-90. He earned a BFA in fine arts from Parsons Paris School of Art and Design, 1991-96. Since then he has exhibited his paintings, installations and video work in galleries in Iceland, Danmark, France, England, USA, China, Argentina, Russia and Siberia. Magnusson has received several awards and was nominated to the Nordic Council Film Prize in 2005 for his music documentary Screaming Masterpiece, led by Björk and Sigur Rós. Magnússon premiered his first narrative feature film MIHKEL, at the 2018 Busan International Film Festival in South-Korea, in competition at the Warsaw International Film Festival in Poland, cinema release in Estonia and Iceland same year. It's a dramatic film based on a real-life tragedy that took place in Iceland in 2004, involving two childhood friends from Estonia. The film was produced by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Evil Doghouse, Amrion Production and Truenorth with full production support from KMÍ the Icelandic film Centre and development support MEDIA Programme of the European Union. Ergis Film Production, owned by Ari Magnusson, was established in 2002. The company's focus has been on documentaries, mostly on artists, and the company has been involved with major working artists: Björk, Erró, Sigur Rós, Gudbergur Bergsson, Thor Vilhjálmsson, Ólafur Elíasson, Sigurdur Gudmundsson, Alain Robbe Grillet, David Lynch, Kristján Gudmundsson, Matthew Barney and Yoko Ono. Magnusson has worked closely with a team of experienced professionals: producer and film director Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Los Angeles based film producer Sigurjón Sighvatsson, writer Jón Proppé and co-director of the Serpentine Galley in London, Hans Ulrich Obrist.

  • Title: Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
  • Popularity: 0.7649
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1968-01-01
  • Place of Birth: Reykjavik, Iceland
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Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon Movies

  • 2011
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    Little Cosmonaut

    Little Cosmonaut

    7 2011 HD

    A short film about a young boy's escape from reality, the search for love and security, about cryptic messages from outer space and an invisible...

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  • 2011
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    Little Cosmonaut

    Little Cosmonaut

    7 2011 HD

    A short film about a young boy's escape from reality, the search for love and security, about cryptic messages from outer space and an invisible...

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  • 2011
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    Little Cosmonaut

    Little Cosmonaut

    7 2011 HD

    A short film about a young boy's escape from reality, the search for love and security, about cryptic messages from outer space and an invisible...

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  • 2005
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    Screaming Masterpiece

    Screaming Masterpiece

    6.5 2005 HD

    A documentary about the bustling Icelandic musical scene. This documentary covers some of Iceland's most talented and well-known musicians.

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  • 2005
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    Screaming Masterpiece

    Screaming Masterpiece

    6.5 2005 HD

    A documentary about the bustling Icelandic musical scene. This documentary covers some of Iceland's most talented and well-known musicians.

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  • 2024
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    Epilogues

    Epilogues

    1 2024 HD

    An old man comes home with the ashes of his dead wife in an urn. As he waits for the kettle to boil, the relentless hissing of boiling water brings...

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  • 2024
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    Epilogues

    Epilogues

    1 2024 HD

    An old man comes home with the ashes of his dead wife in an urn. As he waits for the kettle to boil, the relentless hissing of boiling water brings...

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  • 1998
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    Slurpinn & Co.

    Slurpinn & Co.

    1 1998 HD

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  • 2006
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    She Talks Icelandic

    She Talks Icelandic

    1 2006 HD

    The fate of a crosseyed sheep in the highlands of Iceland.

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  • 2006
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    She Talks Icelandic

    She Talks Icelandic

    1 2006 HD

    The fate of a crosseyed sheep in the highlands of Iceland.

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  • 2006
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    She Talks Icelandic

    She Talks Icelandic

    1 2006 HD

    The fate of a crosseyed sheep in the highlands of Iceland.

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  • 2000
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    ERRÓ - North - South - East - West

    ERRÓ - North - South - East - West

    1 2000 HD

    A collage-like film that mixes interviews with painter Erró and his collaborators, family and friends with visuals of his paintings and...

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  • 2000
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    ERRÓ - North - South - East - West

    ERRÓ - North - South - East - West

    1 2000 HD

    A collage-like film that mixes interviews with painter Erró and his collaborators, family and friends with visuals of his paintings and...

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  • 2002
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    Possibihilities

    Possibihilities

    1 2002 HD

    Gudmundsson has spent most of his life outside Iceland after he first moved to the Netherlands in 1963. He has homes and studios in Amsterdam,...

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  • 2002
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    Possibihilities

    Possibihilities

    1 2002 HD

    Gudmundsson has spent most of his life outside Iceland after he first moved to the Netherlands in 1963. He has homes and studios in Amsterdam,...

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  • 2002
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    Possibihilities

    Possibihilities

    1 2002 HD

    Gudmundsson has spent most of his life outside Iceland after he first moved to the Netherlands in 1963. He has homes and studios in Amsterdam,...

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  • 2009
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    The Word Music: Jorunn Vidar

    The Word Music: Jorunn Vidar

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2009
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    The Word Music: Jorunn Vidar

    The Word Music: Jorunn Vidar

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2009
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    The Word Music: Jorunn Vidar

    The Word Music: Jorunn Vidar

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2009
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    The Word Music: Magnus Blondal Johannsson

    The Word Music: Magnus Blondal Johannsson

    1 2009 HD

    Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson is remembered as one of the pioneers of modern Icelandic music. The conversation between Hans Ulrich...

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  • 2009
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    The Word Music: Magnus Blondal Johannsson

    The Word Music: Magnus Blondal Johannsson

    1 2009 HD

    Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson is remembered as one of the pioneers of modern Icelandic music. The conversation between Hans Ulrich...

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  • 2009
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    The Word Music: Magnus Blondal Johannsson

    The Word Music: Magnus Blondal Johannsson

    1 2009 HD

    Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson is remembered as one of the pioneers of modern Icelandic music. The conversation between Hans Ulrich...

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  • 2009
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    The Word Music: Jorunn Vidar

    The Word Music: Jorunn Vidar

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2009
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    The Word Music: Magnus Blondal Johannsson

    The Word Music: Magnus Blondal Johannsson

    1 2009 HD

    Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson is remembered as one of the pioneers of modern Icelandic music. The conversation between Hans Ulrich...

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  • 2010
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    Imagine Peace

    Imagine Peace

    1 2010 HD

    Four years in the making, the film features interviews and footage never seen before, as well as older scenes of John and Yoko together, in private...

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  • 2010
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    Imagine Peace

    Imagine Peace

    1 2010 HD

    Four years in the making, the film features interviews and footage never seen before, as well as older scenes of John and Yoko together, in private...

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  • 2010
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    Imagine Peace

    Imagine Peace

    1 2010 HD

    Four years in the making, the film features interviews and footage never seen before, as well as older scenes of John and Yoko together, in private...

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  • 2010
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    As If We Existed

    As If We Existed

    1 2010 HD

    The repetition and the circumstances increasingly take their toll when isolation, claustrophobia and paranoia set in. As if We Existed is an...

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  • 2016
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    Poor Iceland

    Poor Iceland

    1 2016 HD

    When the Icelandic banks collapsed in the autum of 2008, taking most of the economy down with them, Ari Alexander took his camera and started to film...

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  • 2016
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    Poor Iceland

    Poor Iceland

    1 2016 HD

    When the Icelandic banks collapsed in the autum of 2008, taking most of the economy down with them, Ari Alexander took his camera and started to film...

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  • 2016
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    Poor Iceland

    Poor Iceland

    1 2016 HD

    When the Icelandic banks collapsed in the autum of 2008, taking most of the economy down with them, Ari Alexander took his camera and started to film...

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  • 2016
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    Poor Iceland

    Poor Iceland

    1 2016 HD

    When the Icelandic banks collapsed in the autum of 2008, taking most of the economy down with them, Ari Alexander took his camera and started to film...

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  • 2005
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    Screaming Masterpiece

    Screaming Masterpiece

    6.5 2005 HD

    A documentary about the bustling Icelandic musical scene. This documentary covers some of Iceland's most talented and well-known musicians.

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  • 2018
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    Mihkel

    Mihkel

    5.8 2018 HD

    Mihkel boards a ferry from his small town in Estonia to Saint Petersburg in Russia, on his way to Iceland, where he wants to make a new life for...

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  • 2018
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    Mihkel

    Mihkel

    5.8 2018 HD

    Mihkel boards a ferry from his small town in Estonia to Saint Petersburg in Russia, on his way to Iceland, where he wants to make a new life for...

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  • 2011
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    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

    3.8 2011 HD

    An anthology of one-minute films created by 60 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was...

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