Jón Einarsson Gústafsson

Iceland

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Jón Einarsson Gústafsson is an Icelandic director, screenwriter, and photographer. Born in Akranes, Iceland, in 1963, he went on to study film at Manchester Polytechnic and then at the California Institute of the Arts.

In the late 1990s, he moved to Canada. There, in 1998, he directed the music video Brighter Hell for The Watchmen and made his first documentary, The Importance of Being Icelandic about three Canadians of Icelandic descent. Following his first feature film Kanadiana (2002), he directed the 2007 documentary Wrath of God, which chronicles the making of Beowulf, la légende viking (2005), directed by Sturla Gunnarsson. The film won Best Documentary Feature at the Oxford International Film Festival and the Red Rock Film Festival, as well as Bronze Remi at WorldFest Houston. In 2010, through his production company ArtioFilms, he produced the multi-award-winning short film In a Heartbeat, directed by Karolina Lewicka. He later co-directed the thriller Shadowtown (2010) with her.

Anorgasmia earned Mathilde Warnier and Edward Hayter the Best Actress and Best Actor awards respectively at the 2025 Bollywood International Film Festival. The film also won Best Feature Film at the Capri Contest Awards.

Filmography (1) +

🎨 Feature films (1)

2025 – Anorgasmia (a.k.a. All The Things We Do To Survive) Role : Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Synopsis : One evening, a young woman wanders the streets of an Icelandic city when she meets Sam, an insomniac photographer. In the morning, Sam sets off to take a picture of a volcano that has just erupted, grounding flights accross the country, including that of the woman he met the night before – Naomi. When she decides to follow him, they embark on a journey through Iceland's vast, sublime landscapes.

Synopsis : One evening, a young woman wanders the streets of an Icelandic city when she meets Sam, an insomniac photographer. In the morning, Sam sets off to take a picture of a volcano that has just erupted, grounding flights accross the country, including that of the woman he met the night before – Naomi. When she decides to follow him, they embark on a journey through Iceland's vast, sublime landscapes.