Gríma Irmudóttir is an Icelandic documentary filmmaker based between Reykjavík and Chicago. Working across independent documentary, broadcast television, and feature documentary, she directs intimate, observational films that explore memory, place, grief, and how people and communities navigate change. Alongside her directing practice, she also collaborates as a cinematographer and impact producer on documentary projects.

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Drawn to stories where the deeply personal intersects with broader social and cultural questions, her work examines how landscapes, rituals, and communities shape identity and belonging. She approaches documentary filmmaking as a collaborative and observational practice, seeking to understand people through their everyday lives, relationships, and environments.

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In 2022, she directed Heima, a documentary series for Icelandic television exploring how different people define and experience the idea of home. Her short documentary Náttúrubönd (2023) screened internationally and explores grief, connection, and environmental change through four individuals' relationships with the Icelandic landscape.

 

Her latest film, Minningaspor / Memory Traces (2025), received Best Icelandic Short at the Reykjavík International Film Festival (2025) and the Sólveig Anspach Award for Directing (2026), and is currently screening internationally. Alongside her directing work, she has contributed to feature documentaries, including The Day Iceland Stood Still (2024), and is currently developing her first feature-length documentary.

 

She completed her MFA in Documentary Media at Northwestern University as a Fulbright Fellow, an American-Scandinavian Foundation Fellow, and a Leifur Eiríksson Foundation Fellow.