Birgit Guðjónsdóttir

In 2018, she was recognized with an honorary German Camera Prize for her lifelong work in cinematography.

[1] She attended the Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt in Vienna, but didn't go to the film academy because she was a single parent at the time.

[3] In 2003, Guðjónsdóttir was lead camera on a German film, Jargo.

[3] The Routledge Dictionary of Turkish Cinema states that one of the film's strong points is Guðjónsdóttir's camera work, including "beautiful outdoor images.

"[4] In 2018, she was awarded an honorary German Camera Prize (Deutschen Kamerapreis).