---
name: "Herdís Stefánsdóttir"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/herdis-stefansdottir"
fi1m_id: "herdis-stefansdottir"
imdb_id: "nm7480940"
tmdb_id: 2181305
wikidata_id: "Q116690466"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-22T03:13:52.365269+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Herdís Stefánsdóttir

## Identity

Herdís Stefánsdóttir

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/herdis-stefansdottir
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** herdis-stefansdottir
- **IMDb ID:** nm7480940
- **TMDB ID:** 2181305
- **Wikidata ID:** Q116690466
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116690466, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7480940/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2181305

Composer. Born 1 January 1987 in Reykjavik, Iceland.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1987, Reykjavik, Iceland
- **Active:** 2022–present
- **Also known as:** Herdĭs Stefănsdŏttir
- **Frequently works with:** [Ashwin Rajan](https://film.one/person/ashwin-rajan.md), [Marc Bienstock](https://film.one/person/marc-bienstock.md), [M. Night Shyamalan](https://film.one/person/m-night-shyamalan.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116690466, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7480940/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2181305

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Essex Serpent*](https://film.one/tv/the-essex-serpent.md) (73), [*Trap*](https://film.one/film/trap.md) (58)

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## Biography

Herdís Stefánsdóttir is an Icelandic composer of film and television scores. She studied music composition at the Iceland Academy of the Arts from 2010 to 2013 and film scoring at New York University, where she earned an MA in 2017. She interned with composer Jóhann Jóhannsson during work on the film *Arrival* (2016).

Her feature film credits include *The Sun Is Also a Star* (2019), *Knock at the Cabin* (2023) and *Trap* (2024). Television work includes the series *Y: The Last Man* (2021), *The Essex Serpent* (2022) and *Blackport* (2021–2022). She has also scored short films that premiered at festivals including Berlinale, Sundance and Palm Springs. In 2023 she won an Edda Award for best music for *Blackport*.

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org, herdisstefansdottir.com, filmmusicreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Trap* (2024), Fi1m 58, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/trap.md)
- *The Essex Serpent* (2022), Fi1m 73, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-essex-serpent.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Julia Set* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *The Fires* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Trap* (2024), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/trap.md)
- *Knock at the Cabin* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *The Essex Serpent* (2022), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-essex-serpent.md)
- *Blackport* (2021), series, Music
- *Y: The Last Man* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *Sealskin* (2020), Music
- *Ours to Tell* (2020), Music
- *The Sun Is Also a Star* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *South Mountain* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Puzzle* (2018), Additional Music
- *Donor* (2017), Music

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