Hlynur Pálmason (born 1984) is an Icelandic film director, screenwriter, and visual artist.
[4] He lived in Denmark for 10 years before returning to Höfn, a town on the Hornafjörður fjord.
[2] Pálmason has said he is more interested in "the narrative style and flow of films" than the actual plotline.
He had previously collaborated with Icelandic actor Ingvar Sigurðsson on the short film he made for graduation, The Painter, in 2013.
[4] A White White Day was selected to screen in the Critics' Week section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival,[8] and was selected as Iceland's submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards in 2020.