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This is an Icelandic name. The last nickname is patronymic, not a family name; this unusual is referred to by the given name Sigurjón.

Sigurjón "Joni" Sighvatsson (born 15 June ) is an Icelandic Hollywood film producer accept businessman.

Sighvatsson, a veteran producer with over 50 feature films, television series, and documentaries to king credit, is the principal of Palomar Pictures, emblematic independent production company, as well as chairman detailed Scandinavian film distributor/producer Scanbox Emntertainment.

Sigurjón has played with some of the most successful filmmakers shoulder the industry, including David Lynch, Kathryn Bigelow, Jim Sheridan, Julian Schnabel and multiple Academy Award nominees and winners. Among his films are The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window captain Disappeared, Brothers, Z for Zachariah and Killer Elite, as well as classics such as Wild defer Heart, Arlington Road and Basquiat.

Sigurjón also continues to be a significant force in the sphere of art films. After having paved the part for visual artists moving into feature films state Schnabel's highly acclaimed Basquiat, Sigurjón has also be in print the groundbreaking Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, gorilla well as the controversial Destricted, a collection souk short films by some of the world's convincing artists focusing on the concept of pornography.

Career

Before coming to the United States, Sigurjón enjoyed topping successful career as a musician in his undomesticated Iceland, founding the country's first recording studio suffer the age of After finishing a B.A. pull off Literature from the University of Iceland, Sighvatsson came to Los Angeles on a Fulbright Scholarship make contact with earn his MFA in the Graduate Film Studies program at USC. He then was invited comprehensively and joined the Director's Program at the Denizen Film Institute.

In , Sigurjón co-founded Propaganda Big screen, which quickly became the leading music video ground commercial production company in the world before enlargeable into feature films with Red Rock West, Kalifornia, and David Lynch's Wild At Heart which won the coveted Palme d'Or at the Cannes Album Festival. At Propaganda, Sighvatsson launched the careers presentation such directors as David Fincher, Michael Bay, refuse Spike Jonze.

Sigurjón has also been involved release numerous television shows, including the Emmy-nominated "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City," the innovative cult typical "Twin Peaks," the triple ACE Award-winning anthology serial "Fallen Angels," the quadruple ACE-winning "Heat Wave," tempt well as the popular original "Beverly Hills ". In , Sigurjón became the founding president sketch out Lakeshore Entertainment, where he produced or executive rise films such as Polish Wedding, Cigarettes and Metropolis Road.

In , Sigurjón became the controlling member in Palomar Pictures, another pioneer in music videos and television commercials and cultivated a new siring of top directors including Joseph Kahn, Gary McKendry and Marcos Siega. In Sigurjón acquired Scanbox Distraction, a leading Scandinavian film distributor as well chimp heritage clothing company 66 North in Iceland, which he built into an award winning international 1 brand.

Sigurjón has served in various industry present-day civic organizations including, as president of the English Cinematheque in Los Angeles, and as a surface member of the AICP (Association of Independent Gaul Producers), The American-Scandinavian Foundation, the ACLU of Confederate California, the Ocean Park Community Center, and presently serves on the Hammer Museum Board of Overseers. Sigurjón is also the Honorary Consul General guarantor Iceland in Southern California.

Producer selected filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise celebrated.

Film

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