Róbert I. Douglas

53, from Reykjavik, Iceland

Biography

Róbert Ingi Douglas (born 4 June 1973 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic film director, screenwriter and cinematographer who made his feature film debut with Íslenski draumurinn (2000).[1] That film became a sleeper hit in the summer of 2000 becoming one of Iceland's biggest box-office hits that year. Róbert Douglas followed the success of his first film with a darker film about subtle racism in Iceland's society, A Man Like Me (2002). That film proved to be another commercial success in Iceland. Douglas then made Eleven Men Out (2005), a film about an all-gay soccer team. The film has already become a success outside of Iceland and is the director's first film to do so. Before making Eleven Men Out, Douglas made a documentary for television. This Is Sanlitun (2013), a comedy feature film set in Beijing is Douglas's latest film and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2013, it is Douglas's first English language film.

Timeline

2013Aged 40

  • Poster for This Is Sanlitun

    Screenplay

2006Aged 33

  • Poster for Men Ain't No Bitches

    Sound

2005Aged 32

  • Poster for Eleven Men Out

    Screenplay

2004Aged 31

2002Aged 29

  • Poster for A Man Like Me

    Writer

2000Aged 27

  • Poster for The Icelandic Dream

    Writer

1999Aged 26

1998Aged 25

1996Aged 23

1993Aged 20