Hilmar Sigurðsson
- Producer
- Executive
Hilmar leads GunHil Ltd., a production company in Reykjavik, Iceland, a venture he formed with his long-time partner, artist Gunnar Karlsson. Hilmar produced two largest film productions ever in Iceland, the animated feature films 'Legends of Valhalla - Thor' and 'Ploey - You Never Fly Alone'. GunHil is now in early production with Ploey 2 - a sequel to the successful film that was distributed theatrically in over 70 countries in 2018-2019.
Hilmar was the CEO of Sagafilm for six years but Sagafilm is the oldest production company in Iceland, operating since 1978. Sagafilm is active in film, TV-Drama, non-scripted, documentaries and services to foreign production shooting in Iceland. Sagafilm has furthermore co-produced with numerous producers, both from Europe and the US.
Hilmar served for years as the Chairman of the Board of SIK - Association of Icelandic Film Producers and the Icelandic Film & TV Academy. He is still a Board Member of SIK.
Hilmar was the CEO of Sagafilm for six years but Sagafilm is the oldest production company in Iceland, operating since 1978. Sagafilm is active in film, TV-Drama, non-scripted, documentaries and services to foreign production shooting in Iceland. Sagafilm has furthermore co-produced with numerous producers, both from Europe and the US.
Hilmar served for years as the Chairman of the Board of SIK - Association of Icelandic Film Producers and the Icelandic Film & TV Academy. He is still a Board Member of SIK.