Norms

Júlía Margrét Einarsdóttir (1987) is a BA Philosophy graduate and has a MA degree in Creative Writing from the University of Iceland. She has also earned an MFA degree in Screenwriting from the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. Júlía has published three works of fiction since 2015 and works as a cultural journalist and writer for The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV). She has also written several screenplays and has experience as a director.

On set Júlía is what you can call an actors-director. In the making of Norms her main emphasis was on the cast, the story and creating a comfortable set. She is all about improvising and bringing out as natural of a performance as possible. This left space for the camera operator, lighting et cetera when it came to the visuals aspects in executing Júlía´s ideas. In the aftermath she collaborated with the editing team in person and through hours of online meetings, contemplating technical solutions and nuances to finalise the story of Sara dealing with the norms of society.

List of published books/films
Guð leitar að Salóme, novel, 2021
Apples from the moon, short film, 2018
Drottningin á Júpíter, novel, 2018
Jarðaberjatungl, book of poems, 2018
Skálmöld, staging, 2015
Grandagallerí, novella, 2015