Directors’ bios

Thorbjorg Jonsdottir 

Thorbjorg Jonsdottir is a filmmaker and video artist from Iceland who holds an MFA degree in filmmaking from California Institute of the Arts and a BA in visual arts from the Iceland University of the Arts. Her films and video works contemplate ethnographic narratives via abstract formalism, discerning preternatural states in which oral-mythology and landscapes collide. Thorbjorg’s films have screened in galleries and the film festival circuit in Europe, Asia and the United States. Her recent short documentary “A Tree is Like a Man” (2019) premiered at CPH:DOX where it competed in the NEXT:WAVE section.

Lee Lynch 

Raised in Redding, California, Lee Lorenzo Lynch has been making films since the age of 14. He holds a BFA in Film from California Institute of the Arts and an MFA in Fine Art from the USC. His films have been shown at galleries and film festivals such as Sundance, FIDMarseille, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Full Frame, The Viennale and Tribeca, Steve Turner gallery in LA and MOCA. His second feature length film, The Murder of Hi Good, is a true crime revisionist acid-western set in Northern California circa 1870 against the backdrop of the California Indian Wars. The film is available for streaming on Amazon Prime and Apple TV.