---
name: "Sigurjón Sighvatsson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sigurjon-sighvatsson"
fi1m_id: "sigurjon-sighvatsson"
imdb_id: "nm0797451"
tmdb_id: 6590
wikidata_id: "Q3482118"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "15 June 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T08:14:59.287311+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."
---

# Sigurjón Sighvatsson

## Identity

Sigurjón Sighvatsson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sigurjon-sighvatsson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sigurjon-sighvatsson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0797451
- **TMDB ID:** 6590
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3482118
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigurj%C3%B3n_Sighvatsson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3482118, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0797451/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6590

Producer. Born 15 June 1952 in Reykjavík, Iceland.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 15 June 1952, Reykjavík, Iceland
- **Active:** 1990–2017
- **Also known as:** Sigurjón "Joni" Sighvatsson , Joni Sighvatsson 
- **Frequently works with:** [Steve Golin](https://film.one/person/steve-golin.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (2), 2010s 76 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 70 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 3, Crime 2, Drama 1, Horror 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $85m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigurj%C3%B3n_Sighvatsson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3482118, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0797451/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6590

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Candyman*](https://film.one/film/candyman.md) (81)

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## Biography

Sigurjón 'Joni' Sighvatsson is an Icelandic film and television producer. Born on 15 June 1952 in Reykjavík, he studied at the University of Iceland before moving to Los Angeles on a Fulbright scholarship for an MFA at the University of Southern California. He later joined the Directors Program at the American Film Institute.

In 1986 he co-founded Propaganda Films with Steve Golin. The company became a leading producer of music videos and commercials before expanding into features and television. Sighvatsson left Propaganda in late 1994. He served as founding president of Lakeshore Entertainment from 1995 to 1998 and is principal of Palomar Pictures and chairman of Scanbox Entertainment.

His credits include *Wild at Heart* (1990), *Candyman* (1992), *Basquiat* (1996), *Brothers* (2009), *Wind River* (2017) and *The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared* (2013). He has also produced series such as *Twin Peaks* and *Beverly Hills, 90210*. In 2026 he received the Raimondo Rezzonico Award at the Locarno Film Festival.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com, screendaily.com, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Wind River* (2017), Fi1m 76, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/wind-river.md)
- *Candyman* (1992), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/candyman.md)
- *Wild at Heart* (1990), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-at-heart.md)

## Complete filmography (74)

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

- *Täydelliset vieraat* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Hygge!* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Cold* (2023), Producer
- *Exxtinction Emergency* (2023), Director
- *Wild Game* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Summerlight and Then Comes The Night* (2022), Executive Producer
- *MK Ultra* (2022), Producer
- *Full Dekning* (2022), Executive Producer
- *End of Sentence* (2019), Producer
- *Isabelle* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Last Call* (2018), Producer
- *Wind River* (2017), Executive Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/wind-river.md)
- *I Remember You* (2017), Producer
- *I.T.* (2016), Co-Producer
- *Z for Zachariah* (2015), Producer
- *The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Killer Elite* (2011), Producer
- *Valhalla Rising* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Brothers* (2009), Producer
- *The Good Heart* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Destricted* (2006), Executive Producer
- *The Last Winter* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait* (2006), Producer
- *A Little Trip to Heaven* (2005), Producer
- *Screaming Masterpiece* (2005), Producer
- *Pretty Persuasion* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Everything in This Country Must* (2004), Executive Producer
- *K-19: The Widowmaker* (2002), Producer
- *The Weight of Water* (2001), Producer
- *Passion of Mind* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Arlington Road* (1999), Executive Producer
- *200 Cigarettes* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Phoenix* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Homegrown* (1998), Executive Producer
- *The Real Blonde* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Polish Wedding* (1998), Executive Producer
- *A Thousand Acres* (1997), Producer
- *Going All the Way* (1997), Producer
- *'Til There Was You* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Box of Moonlight* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Basquiat* (1996), Producer
- *Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Lord of Illusions* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Canadian Bacon* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh* (1995), Producer
- *S.F.W.* (1995), Executive Producer
- *A Pig's Tale* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Gospel According to Harry* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Dream Lover* (1994), Producer
- *Dead Connection* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Tales of the City* (1993), series, Executive Producer
- *Kalifornia* (1993), Producer
- *Red Rock West* (1993), Producer
- *Behind Schedule* (1993), Associate Producer
- *Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Candyman* (1992), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/candyman.md)
- *A Stranger Among Us* (1992), Producer
- *Ruby* (1992), Producer
- *Memphis* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Madonna: Truth or Dare* (1991), Supervising Producer
- *Pantera: Cowboys from Hell* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Rust* (1990), Producer
- *Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Wild at Heart* (1990), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-at-heart.md)
- *Heat Wave* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?* (1990), Producer
- *Fear, Anxiety and Depression* (1989), Producer
- *Kill Me Again* (1989), Producer
- *The Blue Iguana* (1988), Producer
- *P.I. Private Investigations* (1987), Producer
- *Aria* (1987), Associate Producer
- *American Drive-In* (1985), Associate Producer
- *Hard Rock Zombies* (1985), Associate Producer
- *The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden*, Producer

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