Film Director and Photographer GISLI SNAER has been honored
for his feature films at festivals in 13 nations, including
Chicago-USA, Kerman-Iran & Giffoni-Italy. In addition,
he has been the creative force behind highly successful
advertising campaigns around the globe, for clients such as
Toyota, Yamaha, Ricoh, Iceland Air and the European
Council.
After studying art, design, photography and sociology, Gisli joined the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV) in 1986 as a writer and host of a comic youth program. Gisli worked as an assistant director, assistant editor and production manager in various film productions and then studied at the Sveriges Television (SVT) in 1988, focusing on directing and producing television dramas.
From 1988 to 1990, he directed and produced a number of television programs for the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. In 1990, Gisli enrolled at FEMIS, Institute de Formation et D'Enseignement pour les Métier de L'Image et du Son, in Paris. Since graduating and to present day, Gisli Snaer Erlingsson has directed award winning feature films and a number of TV-commercials for clients such as ONE, TOYOTA, YAMAHA, ICELAND AIR, EUROPEAN COUNCIL and numerous other lesser-known brands.
In 2003 Gisli formed his own production & distribution company, Ansur Pictures Co., Ltd. in Japan, concentrating on localizing, with Japanese voice-over actors, and distributing award winning films for children on DVD in Japan.
Gisli has lectured on film making, to students at the Icelandic Film Academy and at Waseda University in Tokyo. Since 1998, he's been a member the of the Directors Guild of Iceland. Gisli has also served as a member of the international jury at the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival – Kinderfilmfest and the Ale Kino Film Festival in Poland 2003.
At present he’s developing three feature film screenplays for Ansur Pictures Co., Ltd. with his friend and co-writer, Steve Baker of the English design group Tomato. These stories are: Austurland, supported by the Icelandic Film Centre, I am a House, also supported by the Icelandic Film Centre, The Dead Lie and Silent Voices, to be produced in Iceland and Japan.
After studying art, design, photography and sociology, Gisli joined the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV) in 1986 as a writer and host of a comic youth program. Gisli worked as an assistant director, assistant editor and production manager in various film productions and then studied at the Sveriges Television (SVT) in 1988, focusing on directing and producing television dramas.
From 1988 to 1990, he directed and produced a number of television programs for the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. In 1990, Gisli enrolled at FEMIS, Institute de Formation et D'Enseignement pour les Métier de L'Image et du Son, in Paris. Since graduating and to present day, Gisli Snaer Erlingsson has directed award winning feature films and a number of TV-commercials for clients such as ONE, TOYOTA, YAMAHA, ICELAND AIR, EUROPEAN COUNCIL and numerous other lesser-known brands.
In 2003 Gisli formed his own production & distribution company, Ansur Pictures Co., Ltd. in Japan, concentrating on localizing, with Japanese voice-over actors, and distributing award winning films for children on DVD in Japan.
Gisli has lectured on film making, to students at the Icelandic Film Academy and at Waseda University in Tokyo. Since 1998, he's been a member the of the Directors Guild of Iceland. Gisli has also served as a member of the international jury at the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival – Kinderfilmfest and the Ale Kino Film Festival in Poland 2003.
At present he’s developing three feature film screenplays for Ansur Pictures Co., Ltd. with his friend and co-writer, Steve Baker of the English design group Tomato. These stories are: Austurland, supported by the Icelandic Film Centre, I am a House, also supported by the Icelandic Film Centre, The Dead Lie and Silent Voices, to be produced in Iceland and Japan.