TORFINNUR JÁKUPSSON is a Faroese screenwriter, showrunner and executive producer, based in the Faroe Islands, Copenhagen and London. Torfinnur is the creator and head writer of the first ever Faroese TV drama series, crime drama TROM, available on Viaplay, DR, ZDF/Arte, BBC, AMC+ and SBS among others.

Torfinnur has a diverse background in journalism, film, television, and music. He is also CEO of the newly founded GRÓ Studios, the first film and television studio of its kind in the Faroes, focused on developing local talent and local stories for a global audience.

After working in "the City" in London, Torfinnur decided to change industry from the world of news and finance to film and TV. Over the past decade, he has refined his skills in a wide range of roles – spanning feature films, shorts, documentaries, series and music videos. His projects, including his work as a writer, producer, editor and sound designer, have won numerous international awards and nominations.

Agent: Elin Sandström Lundh

SELECTED WORKS

TROM season 2 – series (head writer/creator) – in development
Angst – series (screenwriter/creator) – in development
Tinganes – series (screenwriter/creator) – in development
LÝ – feature (screenwriter/creator) – in development
Enter The Kitchen – series (screenwriter, based on idea by Gudmund Helmsdal and Brandur Patursson) – in development
Materia Prima – feature (script consultant) - in development
Amerika – feature (script consultant) - in development 
Ode To Joy – feature (script consultant) - in development 
TROM season 1 – series (head writer/creator) – 2022
Trøllabeiggi / Brother Troll – short (screenwriter together with Gudmund Helmsdal and Rakel Helmsdal) – 2019
Myndamálarin / The Figurative Painter – short (screenwriter together with Gudmund Helmsdal and Búi Dam) - 2018

Awards & nominations

TROM
Winner of the Nymphe D’or / Prix Spécial du Jury Fiction at the 61st Monte-Carlo TV Festival - 2022

Official Selection for Berlinale Series Market Selects (Germany) - 2022

Official Selection for TV Drama Vision at Göteborg Film Festival (Sweden) - 2022

Nominated for Best Crime Series at Aarhus Series Awards – 2022

Nominated for the Audience Award at Aarhus Series Awards – 2022

Winner of Best Enterprise of the Year by the Faroese House of Industry – 2022

”Silvurgrindin” - The Faroese Film Institute - 2021

Official selection for Co-Pro Series/Drama Series Days at Berlinale (Germany) - 2019

Trøllabeiggi / Brother Troll
Winner of 20+ international film festival awards in 2021

Winner of the Audience Award - Geytin (Faroe Islands) - 2020

Myndamálarin / The Figurative Painter
Nominated for Best Short Film - Geytin (Faroe Islands) - 2018

Winner of Best Idea - Klippfisk Film Competition (Faroe Islands) - 2017