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Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (born 12 May 1954, Reykjavík, Iceland), sometimes credited as Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, is an Icelandic film director and producer.

Fridriksson started his film making career with experimental films and documentaries in the early 1980s. In 1987, he founded The Icelandic Film Corporation that became Iceland's most important film production company. The company produces his films and works with other Icelandic directors as well as producers. His international reputation led the company to build a network of internationally well-established co-production partner companies, including Lars von Trier's Zentropa and Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope.

He made his debut as a film director with Skytturnar (White Whales) in 1987. His second feature Children of Nature (1991) was nominated for an Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film (it was also the first Iceland’s nomination in this category). Children of Nature took the Grand Prize at the 4th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in February 1993.

Friðrik also starred in Lars von Trier's 2006 comedy film The Boss of it All.

In 2010, he made a documentary A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism and a feature film Mamma Gógó, both premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Mother Courage has been nominated for the Voice award 2010.

In 2015, together with Bergur Bernburg he co-directed Sjóndeildarhringur (Horizon), a documentary about Georg Guðni Hauksson which premiered at Toronto International Film Festival.
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