Pétur Sigurdsson was born in Iceland, but lived in Los Angeles from 1990-2000. He has a BA in Film & Television from Columbia College Hollywood. After graduating, Petur worked in Production and Art Department on movies and commercials in Los Angeles. Petur moved back to Iceland in 2000 and started working at Sagafilm as Production Service Producer. In 2004 Petur accepted a position as Head of Production at Pegasus Pictures, where he stayed until 2006, when he became freelance but continued to work mostly for Pegasus on projects like “Game of Thrones” and “Fortitude”. In 2016 Peppi partnered up with Ingvar and Baldur to form On the Rocks Productions.
TV/FILM
Client: | Director: | Production Company: |
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Game of Thrones | Season 2-4 | HBO |
Fortitude | Season 1-2 | Sky Atlantic/Tiger Aspect |
Into the Inferno | Werner Herzog | Netflix/Spring Films |
Sketch | Stephen Barton | Word is Born |
Moving Art | Louie Schwartzberg | Netflix/Moving Art |
Girl in the Cafe | David Yates | BBC/HBO |
Amazing Race | Reality TV | CBS/Bruckheimer |
It´s Worth Living | Kai Wessel | Allmedia |
League of Gods | Koan Hui | Bona Film Group |
COMMERCIALS
Client: | Director: | Production Company: |
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Apple iPhone 6s | Pete Betancourt | Slim Pictures |
Land Rover Discovery Sport | Gary Holder | Tangerine |
Subary Forester | Hiroki Ono | AOI |
Mercedes CLA | Sam Bayer | Soupfilm |
VW Concept A | Markus Steiner | MPG |
Cartier | Audrey Mascina | Junta Films |
Chevron | Lance Accord | Park Pictures |
Canal+- March of the Penguins | Glue Society | Radical Media |
HSBC | David Lodge | Outsider |
Jeep Cherokee | Eric Saarinen | Plum Productions |
Samsung | Eric Saarinen | Plum Productions |
Total | Sebastian Edwards | Hamster Pub. |
Waitrose | Stuart Douglas | Nice Shirt Films |
Juicy Couture | Paul gore | Flynn/DNA |
Hero Kazima | Robert Kaplan | A Small Company |
Birdseye | Niall Doning | 2AM |
Lexus | Giovanni Fantoni | H-Films |
Actimel | Thoromar Jonsson | Element E |
Dominos | Thoromar Jonsson | On The Rocks |
Ford Explorer | Robert Logevall | BDA |
Good Year | Peter Twaites | Georgous |
Dirol V6 | Morten Lorentzen | Easy Film |
Porche Cayenne | Bernd Seibold | C3 |
Nissan Stagea | Nico Beyer | CBC |
MUSIC VIDEOS
Client: | Director: | Production Company: |
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Björk – Who is it | Dawn Shatforth | RSA |
Jonas Blue | Arni & Kinski | Good Egg |
Aurora | Arni & Kinski | Good Egg |
Dierks Bentley | Wes Edwards | Sequitur |
In Ruins | Christopher Wilcha | On The Rocks |
Gianna Nannini | Kal Karman | On The Rocks |
Rock in Rio | Paulo Lomba | Tycoon |
Dario G | Jake Polonsky | Paul Welland |
PHOTOSHOOTS
Client: | Director: | Production Company: |
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Rolex | Mario Sorrenti | Art Partners |
Harrod’s | Anders Overgaard | Sarah Laird |
Range Rover | John Higginson | Cogent Elliot |
Levi´s | Solve Sundsbo | Holy Cow |
Harper´s Bazaar | Solve Sundsbo | Holy Cow |
BMW X3 | Jeff Ludes | Team Halprin |
Lexus | Stuart Hall | Stuart Hall Photography |
Lexus LX 470 | Stuart Hall | Working Class |
Seventeen Magazine | Eika Aoshima | Seventeen |
Maxim Magazine | Sasha Eisenmann | Maxim |
Land Rover | Nick Georghiou | David Gardener |
Cadillac SRX | Uwe Duettmann | Studio Uwe Duettmann |
Cycle Surgery | Nigel Riches | Cycle Surgery |
Broadview | Heimo Schmidt | Loni Weholt |
Ingvar Thordarson has produced features, documentaries and shorts that have won awards all over the world, including „Life in a Fishbowl“, the Oscar entry and winner of record 12 awards at the Icelandic Edda Film Price Awards and „The Grump“, Finland’s highest grossing film 2014 and 22 other critically and commercially successful features. In 2017 will premiere „Tom of Finland“ and „The Unknown Soldier“. Ingvar is known for producing feature films and documentaries in the most inclement of arctic environments. In addition, Ingvar Thordarson has run a cinema, various businesses and companies, organized film festivals, concerts, exhibitions, constantly working with a variety of global artists around the world.
FILMS
Year: | ||
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The Unknown Soldier | Co-Producer | 2017 |
Tom Of Finland | Co-Producer | 2017 |
Lightcatcher (Short) | Producer | 2017 |
Reykjavik | Producer | 2016 |
The Mine | Co-Producer | 2016 |
The Midwife | Co-Producer | 2015 |
Albatross | Producer | 2015 |
The Grump | Co-Producer | 2014 |
Life in a Fishbowl | Producer | 2014 |
The Grandad | Producer | 2014 |
Autumn Blood | Co-Producer | 2013 |
Rock Bottom | Producer | 2013 |
Frost | Producer | 2012 |
Mona | Producer | 2012 |
Santa’s Night Out (Short) | Producer | 2012 |
Konfekt (Short) | Producer | 2011 |
Karlsefni (Short) | Producer | 2011 |
Jitters | Producer | 2010 |
Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre | Producer | 2009 |
How to win a lost game (Short) | Producer | 2009 |
Hotel Earth (Short) | Producer | 2009 |
Dark Floors | Co-Producer | 2008 |
Dorks and Damsels | Producer | 2007 |
The Bothersome Man | Co-Producer | 2006 |
Eleven Men Out | Producer | 2005 |
101 Reykjavik | Producer | 2000 |
Popp i Reykjavik | Producer | 1998 |
EXPERIENCE
Viss ehf – Founder/CEO
• Founded the company in 2014 and still serves as the CEO.
WOW Air – Founder/CEO
• Started the company in 2011. Hired all directors, negotiated all major agreements including leases of aircrafts and was the CEO from day one.
Titan Investments – CEO
• CEO of a medium sized Investment Company. Responsible for analyzing investment opportunities, and making recommendations to the Board of Directors. Sat on the Board of Directors for some of the Subsidiaries.
Islandsbanki/Glitnir – Director of Distressed Credit
• Director of a team within the bank that oversaw distressed credit, and recommended actions to the credit committee of the bank. Sat on the Credit Committee for large exposures.
Dominos Pizza – CEO
• Became the Chairman of the Board for Dominos Pizza in early 2005, but at the time I was working for Baugur Group. Baugur Group asked me to take over as a CEO as a change was necessary. Domino´s has 14 outlets in Iceland and over 300 employees. Domino´s record EBITDA to date was in 2006.
Baugur Group – Director of Nordic Investments
• Analyzing investment opportunities, and making recommendations regarding investments. Stay in contact with Directors of subsidiaries, and reporting to Baugur Group on the subsidiaries. Served on the Board of Directors of several subsidiaries.
Allianz Iceland – CEO
• Allianz Icelad is primarily a sales office for Allianz product, but is owned by Icelandic investors. Took over as CEO when Baugur Group invested in the Company, but at the time Allianz Ísland was in serious financial distress. The turnaround was very successful and the company paid record dividends in 2003 and 2004. When the company was sold, Baugur Group recouped its initial investment 200 fold.
Vodafone/Islandssimi – CFO
• I was the third employee of the company, and as such, I was a big part of the team that built it. I was responsible for all financial aspects of the company, including raising capital, negating with banks and daily financial control. I was also responsible for establishing financial accounting systems and procedures. I negotiated all major investments.
Board of directors:
Vodafone/Islandssimi – CFO
• Securitas • Husasmidjan • Allianz Island • Vordur •Vatryggingafelag • Laugarakur • Nordurljos
General Board Member:
Vodafone/Islandssimi – CFO
• Skeljungur • Thor Data Center • Kali Tuna • Baja Aqua Farms • Ingvar Helgason • Steypustodin • Posthusid • WOW Air • Tindar verdbref and more.