After attending local schools as a child, Kári went to Denmark for college.
He graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1999, having created the art house short movie Lost Weekend.
[1] Kari's first feature film Noi the Albino (Nói albínói, 2003) won several international awards.
[2] In 2008, he finished his first English-language film The Good Heart, starring Americans Brian Cox and Paul Dano, and French actress Isild Le Besco.
[3][4] In January 2013 it is again announced that film will be produced by Kormákur with his partner Agnes Johansen.