Introduction
Júlíus Kemp (born 2 December 1967 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic film director.
Biography
Kemp worked freelance in film from 1988-1990. He studied film directing at Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College from 1990 to 1991.
He has made a number of music videos and saw them as a springboard to full-length films. His first feature film, Veggfóður: Erótísk ástarsaga (eng. Wallpaper: An Erotic Love Story) dealt with music, words, and the lives of young people in Reykjavík in the 90s.
Júlíus Kemp's last film, Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre, is a horror comedy, and was released in cinemas in Iceland in September 2009. The film followed a group of whale watchers, who are picked up by a whaling boat. The film is described as a mix of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Blair Witch Project, mixed with the darkness and gruesome humour of The Evil Dead.
Selected filmography
Director
- 2009 - Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre
- 1997 - Blossi/810551
- 1992 - Veggfóður: Erótísk ástarsaga
Producer
- 2015 - Albatross
- 2008 - Dark Floors (co-producer)
- 2007 - Astrópía
- 2006 - Den brysomme mannen (co-producer)
- 2006 - Huldufólk 102 (associate producer)
- 2005 - Strákarnir okkar
- 2002 - A Man Like Me
- 2000 - Íslenski draumurinn
- 1997 - Blossi/810551
- 1992 - Veggfóður: Erótísk ástarsaga