María Guðmundsdóttir (filmmaker)

This article is about the model and filmmaker María Guðmundsdóttir. For actress born in 1935, see María Guðmundsdóttir (actress).

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name María.

María Guðmundsdóttir (born 12 February 1942) is an Icelandic filmmaker, photographer and model. She is a former supermodel and Miss Iceland in 1961.

María Guðmundsdóttir
Born	(1942-02-12) 12 February 1942 (age 83) Reykjavík, Iceland
Occupation(s)	Filmmaker, photographer, model
Years active	1961–present

Biography

María was born in Reykjavík and grew up in Djúpavík until the age of 11.^[1][2] She was crowned Miss Iceland in 1961.^[3] By 1967, she was modeling for Eileen Ford in New York.^[4]

In 2015 she produced and directed the documentary Ferðin heim - smásögur úr Árneshreppi á Ströndum, about the people of Árneshreppur, the municipality where she grew up.^[5][6]