Sturla Gunnarsson

Sturla Gunnarsson was born on Jan 01, 1951 in Iceland. Sturla Gunnarsson's big-screen debut came with Final Offer directed by Sturla Gunnarsson in 1985. Sturla Gunnarsson is known for Air India 182 directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, Sarabjeet Arora stars as Hardial Singh Johan and Gurpreet Chana as Inderjit Singh Reyat. Sturla Gunnarsson has got 15 awards and 19 nominations so far. The most recent award Sturla Gunnarsson achieved is Directors Guild of Canada. The upcoming new movie Sturla Gunnarsson plays is Ice Soldiers which will be released on Mar 29, 2020.

After a career spanning over three decades, Sturla Gunnarsson has come to be recognized by the Canadian film industry as one of its most accomplished film makers. Gunnarsson was born in Iceland, and raised in Vancouver, Canada. After studying at the University of British Columbia, he moved to Toronto where he began working for the National Film Board. His first movie, After The Axe in 1982, got him an Oscar nomination for best documentary short. In 1998, Such a Long Journey (1998) based on Rohinton Mistry's novel was his first fiction film to get international recognition. It received twelve genie nominations, including best picture. Gunnarsson has since made two other unique feature films; De drôles d'oiseaux (2001), a quirky Newfoundland comedy, and Beowulf : La Légende Viking (2005) the ancient Norse epic. Recent documentaries including Gerrie and Louise (1997), and Air India 182 (2008). Gunnarsson was elected president of the Directors Guild of Canada in 2008. He lives in Toronto, but continues to work everywhere else in the world.