Thorfinnur Omarsson

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Thorfinnur Omarsson (Þorfinnur Ómarsson) is an Icelandic media personality and film and tv producer.

Omarsson has worked in the Icelandic media and entertainment industry since late 1980s. He was the Managing Director of the Icelandic Film Fund and the Icelandic Film Centre from 1996 to 2003. During this period, some of Iceland's most prolific film directors made their debuts, such as Baltasar Kormákur (101 Reykjavík) and Dagur Kári (Nói albínói).^[1] From 2003 to 2005 he was the Director of Media and Communication Studies at the University of Iceland. Omarsson was the Head Spokesperson for the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission in 2006 and 2007. Currently, Omarsson is the host of a daily television programme named Ísland í dag (Iceland today) on Stöð 2 (Icelandic Channel 2).

Omarsson was one of the founders of the Icelandic Film and TV Academy, which runs the Icelandic Edda Awards. He was the live-broadcast host of the first ceremony in 1999. Omarsson is a member of the European Film Academy.

Thorfinnur Omarsson is educated in France, where he also worked as a correspondent. He is son of Omar Ragnarsson. Omarsson lives with Astros Gunnarsdottir, a theatre director, choreographer, dancer and Pilates instructor.