Björn G Björnsson, Leikmyndateiknari / set designer
Björn G Björnsson
leikmynda- og sýningahönnuður er í fremstu röð íslenskra hönnuða. Hann
hefur teiknað hundruð leikmynda og búninga fyrir allar tegundir
sjónvarpsefnis auk leikmynda fyrir leikhús og kvikmyndir. Hann var
dagskrárgerðarstjóri hjá Stöð 2 á fyrstu árum hennar og gerði sjálfur
nær 60 þætti um sögustaði og menningarminjar undir heitinu Áfangar.
Síðan árið 1992 hefur Björn nær eingöngu einbeitt sér að hönnun og
endurnýjun sögusafna og tók m.a. að sér tímabundna stjórn Sjóminjasafns
Íslands fyrir Þjóðminjasafnið þar sem hann endurhannaði sýningar þess.
Síðan hefur Björn hannað sýningar og söfn, bæði innan minjavörslunnar
og fyrir sveitarfélög og stofnanir undir merki Listar & sögu ehf.
When preparations for an Icelandic television started in the summer of 1966, Björn G. Björnsson was assigned as it´s first designer. There he designed hundreds of sets of all shapes and sizes for the next 10 years. He studied at the Danish State Television in Copenhagen 1969-1970 and was head of the design department at RUV 1970-1976. After four years as a free-lance designer in television, films and theatre he formed a production company with his partner, Egill Eðvarðsson in 1980, producing tv-commercials, music videos and documentaries plus the feature film The House, in collaboration with Saga Film, in 1983. In 1987 Björn became Vice President of Production at Channel 2, the first independent televison station in Iceland, then in it´s first year. There he hosted and produced himself 60 short documentaries about heritage sites and historic buildings under the title Áfangar (Milestones). He also designed sets for films and theatre productions such as Punktur, punktur... a film by Þorsteinn Jónsson in 1980, Amadeus in 1983 and Verdi´s Masked Ball 1985. In 1992 Björn turned a page and left the world of television and film production, entered history classes at the University of Iceland and took over temporary management of the Maritime Museum of Iceland redesigning it´s exhibitions. Since then Björn has mostly worked in this field, designing exhibitions and new museums all over Iceland, under the name of LIST & SAGA since 1995.
www.listogsaga.is
When preparations for an Icelandic television started in the summer of 1966, Björn G. Björnsson was assigned as it´s first designer. There he designed hundreds of sets of all shapes and sizes for the next 10 years. He studied at the Danish State Television in Copenhagen 1969-1970 and was head of the design department at RUV 1970-1976. After four years as a free-lance designer in television, films and theatre he formed a production company with his partner, Egill Eðvarðsson in 1980, producing tv-commercials, music videos and documentaries plus the feature film The House, in collaboration with Saga Film, in 1983. In 1987 Björn became Vice President of Production at Channel 2, the first independent televison station in Iceland, then in it´s first year. There he hosted and produced himself 60 short documentaries about heritage sites and historic buildings under the title Áfangar (Milestones). He also designed sets for films and theatre productions such as Punktur, punktur... a film by Þorsteinn Jónsson in 1980, Amadeus in 1983 and Verdi´s Masked Ball 1985. In 1992 Björn turned a page and left the world of television and film production, entered history classes at the University of Iceland and took over temporary management of the Maritime Museum of Iceland redesigning it´s exhibitions. Since then Björn has mostly worked in this field, designing exhibitions and new museums all over Iceland, under the name of LIST & SAGA since 1995.
www.listogsaga.is
- Björn G Björnsson, Leikmyndateiknari / set designer
- Eva Silvén, Nordiska Museet, intendent
- Ewa Bergdahl Riksantikvarieämbetet
- Guðbrandur Benediktsson, Minjasafn Reykjavíkur og Háskóli Íslands
- Jeppe Ågård, landslagsarkitekt / landskabsarkitekt
- Marieke Burgers, Museumshöjskolen, direktör
- Mats Brunander, Riksutställningar, sýningahönnuður
- Mats Widbom, Riksutställningar, konstnärlig ledare
- Ralph Appelbaum, sýningahönnuður
- Tomi Nikander, Finlands Nationalmuseum, arkítekt og hönnuður
