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name: "Valdís Óskarsdóttir"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/valdis-oskarsdottir"
fi1m_id: "valdis-oskarsdottir"
imdb_id: "nm0652020"
tmdb_id: 4475
wikidata_id: "Q467495"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "6 May 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T07:23:38.353733+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."
---

# Valdís Óskarsdóttir

## Identity

Valdís Óskarsdóttir

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/valdis-oskarsdottir
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** valdis-oskarsdottir
- **IMDb ID:** nm0652020
- **TMDB ID:** 4475
- **Wikidata ID:** Q467495
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vald%C3%ADs_%C3%93skarsd%C3%B3ttir, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q467495, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0652020/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4475

Editor. Born 6 May 1949 in Akureyri.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 6 May 1949, Akureyri
- **Active:** 1998–2004
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (1), 2000s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vald%C3%ADs_%C3%93skarsd%C3%B3ttir, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q467495, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0652020/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4475

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*The Celebration*](https://film.one/film/the-celebration.md) (85)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Valdís Óskarsdóttir is an Icelandic film editor and director. Born on 6 May 1949 in Akureyri, she graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1991, specialising in editing.

She edited *The Celebration* (1998), for which she won a Robert Award for Best Editing, and later worked on films including *Finding Forrester* (2000), *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (2004) — for which she received a BAFTA Award for Best Editing — *Mongol* (2007) and *Flag Day* (2021). She has also won a second Robert Award and an Edda Award.

Her directorial debut, *Sveitabrúðkaup* (Country Wedding, 2008), premiered in Iceland.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, dfi.dk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (2004), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind.md)
- *The Celebration* (1998), Fi1m 85, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-celebration.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

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

- *Felix & Klara* (2025), series, Editor
- *Trom* (2022), series, Editor
- *Flag Day* (2021), Editor
- *Alma* (2021), Editor
- *Backyard Village* (2021), Editor
- *The Valhalla Murders* (2019), series, Editor
- *Kursk* (2018), Editor
- *Form and Function: The History and Handicraft of Icelandic National Costumes* (2017), Assistant Editor
- *In Front of Others* (2016), Editor
- *A Beautiful Now* (2015), Editor
- *Reverse* (2015), Editor
- *Lost River* (2015), Editor
- *Home* (2014), Editor
- *Sub Rosa* (2014), Editor
- *Metalhead* (2013), Editor
- *XL* (2013), Editor
- *World's End* (2011), series, Editor
- *Little Cosmonaut* (2011), Editor
- *Stormland* (2011), Editor
- *Small Things* (2011), Editor
- *Undercurrent* (2010), Editor
- *King's Road* (2010), Editor, Director, Writer
- *Submarino* (2010), Editor
- *Safe Journey* (2009), Editor
- *Country Wedding* (2008), Director, Editor, Writer
- *Mister Lonely* (2008), Editor
- *Awake* (2007), Editorial Consultant
- *Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan* (2007), Editor
- *When a Man Comes Home* (2007), Editor
- *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (2004), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind.md)
- *Sweet Dreams* (2003), Editor
- *It's All About Love* (2003), Editor
- *The Sea* (2002), Editor
- *Finding Forrester* (2000), Editor
- *Julien Donkey-Boy* (1999), Editor
- *Mifune* (1999), Editor
- *The Dance* (1998), Editor
- *The Celebration* (1998), Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-celebration.md)
- *Little Big Sister* (1998), Editor
- *The Noodlepoop* (1997), Editor
- *The Biggest Heroes* (1996), Editor
- *The Flower Prisoner* (1996), Editor
- *Dream Hunters* (1996), Editor
- *The Sky Palace* (1994), Editor
- *Remote Control* (1992), Editor
- *Ingaló* (1992), Editor

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