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Ugla Hauksdóttir

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Ugla Hauksdóttir
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Ugla Hauksdóttir is an Icelandic director known for The Power (2023), Snowfall (2021), Hanna (2020) and Trapped (2019). She graduated from the MFA screenwriting & directing program at Columbia University and received the 'Outstanding Directorial Achievement' award in Women's Category at the DGA 2016 Student Film Awards for her short film How Far She Went (2016). Ugla is the first Icelandic female director to become a member of the Directors Guild of America.
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      • 4 wins & 9 nominations total

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    Known for

    Vigdís Hrefna Pálsdóttir in The Fires (2025)
    The Fires
    5.5
    • Director
    • 2025
    Alien: Earth (2025)
    Alien: Earth
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    Esmé Creed-Miles and Adam Bessa in Hanna (2019)
    Hanna
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    Ólafur Darri Ólafsson in Trapped (2015)
    Trapped
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • Vigdís Hrefna Pálsdóttir in The Fires (2025)
      The Fires
      5.5
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Alien: Earth (2025)
      Alien: Earth
      7.1
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2025
    • Toni Collette, Zrinka Cvitešić, Halle Bush, Ria Zmitrowicz, and Auli'i Cravalho in The Power (2023)
      The Power
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Damson Idris in Snowfall (2017)
      Snowfall
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Esmé Creed-Miles and Adam Bessa in Hanna (2019)
      Hanna
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Bríet Sóley Valgeirsdóttir and Björn Thors in Sealskin (2020)
      Sealskin
      6.7
      Short
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Ólafur Darri Ólafsson in Trapped (2015)
      Trapped
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Johanna Day, Jordyn DiNatale, Will Pullen, and Carl Lundstedt in How Far She Went (2017)
      How Far She Went
      8.4
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Salt (2014)
      Salt
      8.5
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Vera (2011)
      Vera
      Short
      • Director
      • 2011

    Editor

    • Consuelo (2017)
      Consuelo
      Short
      • edited by
      • 2017
    • Johanna Day, Jordyn DiNatale, Will Pullen, and Carl Lundstedt in How Far She Went (2017)
      How Far She Went
      8.4
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2017
    • On Meditation (2016)
      On Meditation
      7.3
      TV Movie
      • Editor
      • 2016
    • Human Error
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2016
    • Pascal Yen-Pfister in The Colonial (2015)
      The Colonial
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2015
    • Édesanyám (2015)
      Édesanyám
      7.2
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2015
    • Salt (2014)
      Salt
      8.5
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2014
    • Vera (2011)
      Vera
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2011

    Writer

    • Vigdís Hrefna Pálsdóttir in The Fires (2025)
      The Fires
      5.5
      • Writer
      • 2025
    • Bríet Sóley Valgeirsdóttir and Björn Thors in Sealskin (2020)
      Sealskin
      6.7
      Short
      • writer
      • 2020
    • Salt (2014)
      Salt
      8.5
      Short
      • writer
      • 2014
    • Milk and Blood (2014)
      Milk and Blood
      6.5
      Short
      • writer
      • 2014
    • Vera (2011)
      Vera
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2011

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    SEALSKIN (2020) - TRAILER
    Demo Reel 1:07
    SEALSKIN (2020) - TRAILER
    On Meditation
    Trailer 2:38
    On Meditation
    On Meditation
    Trailer 2:38
    On Meditation

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      • Ugla Hauks

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