Hreinn Beck

Hreinn Beck (born in Reykjavik, Iceland) is a film and television producer, academic and political activist who has advocated for reduced restrictions on copyright and patents.

Hreinn Beck
Born
Reykjavik, Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
OccupationProducer
Founder, Mystery Ísland
Founder Netfrelsi,
CTO, Netvarpið[1]

Film and theatrical career

In 1998 Beck started work in theatre and opened the production company Mystery Ísland in 2006 with Árni Filippusson and Davíð Óskar Ólafsson.[2] Together they have produced feature films such as Sveitabrúðkaup (Country Wedding), Kóngavegur (King's Road) and Á annan veg (Either Way) which was later remade into an American version, Prince Avalanche by David Gordon Green featuring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch.[3]

Beck has created and produced concerts and variety programs programmes for Icelandic television featured on the channels Rúv, Stöð 2 and Skjár Einn. His Söngkeppni Framhaldsskólanna have ratings of over 118.000, just about half the population of Iceland, a record for Stöð 2, the largest privately owned broadcaster in Iceland.

Political career

In 2005, Beck started the organization Netfrelsi, an Icelandic version of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The name Netfrelsi is a combination of Internet 'net' and 'frelsi' (freedom in Icelandic). The cause for Netfrelsi's establishment is believed to stem from the first police action against file sharers in Iceland. Beck had been a spokesperson for a file sharing group called Deilir, which at its peak had over 30,000 users, more than ten percent of Icelandic adults. In his role as a spokesperson he met with opponents in television interviews, wrote articles, amicus briefs and gave testimony to the Alþingi (Icelandic Parliament).

As a television producer he has worked with musical acts like Björk, Sigur Rós, Mezzoforte, Ghostigital, Ólöf Arnalds and Sálin hans Jóns míns. Foreign acts include Eric Clapton, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Damien Rice and James Blunt. Notably he produced the Nattura concert featuring Björk and Sigur Rós which was broadcast online in cooperation with Apple and National Geographic. Hreinn also produced and directed the Björk at Langholtskirkja concert which was a part of Björk's Volta tour and DVD collection. He was also the technical supervisor of Sigur Rós's documentary, Heima, which was the first Icelandic documentary produced in HD.

Selected filmography

Producer
  • Íslendingur í Tyrklandi - documentary (2005)
  • Skröltormar - short film (2007)
  • Njáll - short film (2007)
  • Skrekkur - TV (2008)
  • Kraftur - documentary (2008)
  • Sveitabrúðkaup (Country Wedding) - feature film (2008)[4][5]
  • Hnappurinn - short film (2008)
  • Góða Ferð - short film (2008)
  • Skrekkur - variety show (2009)
  • Söngkeppni Framhaldsskólanna - TV (2009)
  • Kóngavegur - feature film (2009)[6][7]
  • Samfés - TV (2010)
  • Skrekkur - TV (2010)
  • Paradox - documentary (2010)
  • Iceland Hour - Inspired by Iceland - TV (2010)
  • Samfés - TV (2011)
  • Litlir Hlutir - short film (2011)
  • Mið Ísland - TV series (2011)
  • Á annan veg - feature film (2011)[4]
  • Málmhaus - feature film (2013)

Director
  • Voltaic: Volta and Medúla Live in Reykjavík - Björk live at Langholtskirkja (2008)
gollark: It's one of these fascinating bits of weirdness where the law interacts with reality, and it's as far as I know mostly determined by who throws most money at lawyers.
gollark: Probably?
gollark: Of course, some are already illegal to use or whatever due to copyright.
gollark: If someone throws enough money at lawyers I think you could have some poems be illegal because they contain some sort of encoded illegal content, yes.
gollark: https://qntm.org/number

References
  1. "Icelandic Broadcasters deploy Open Broadcast Encoder for contribution and distribution encoding - Open Broadcast Systems". Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  2. "Mystery Ísland ehf (5503061150)". Ríkisskattstjóri (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  3. "Hreinn Beck | Cast and Crew | Icelandic Films". Icelandic Films. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  4. "Hreinn Beck". BFI. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  5. "Hreinn Beck". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  6. "King's Road -- Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  7. Review, Iceland (28 August 2009). "Valdís Óskarsdóttir to Direct New Icelandic Movie". Iceland Review. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
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