Wrath of Gods documentary starring Gerard Butler

I love movies all about Vikings… one day while surfing I found the official movie site for the epic movie Beowulf and Grendel starring Gerard Butler,  a new movie with chain mail and swords, I was so excited!  I read everything there was to read and I looked at the picture galleries, and watched all the great video clips that were put on to tease us while the movie was being filmed.   Jon Gustafsson, who was the Web Master on the site, and one of Beowulf’s warriors in the movie took along his camera and began capturing the behind the scenes story.  Jon is an Icelandic filmmaker who has made documentaries, music videos, short films, theatre shows, and feature length films. As he would put small portions of interviews with the cast and crew of Beowulf, I watched them over and over. It was hard to believe what they were going through trying to make their movie.  I found out that Jon was planning on making a documentary with the unbelievable story he had captured about the filming of Beowulf and Grendel and became very excited about this project.   I followed the progress of Jon Gustafsson’s film even more closely than I had of the actual movie and I believed in it with all my heart and I now passionately share my enthusiasm for and about Wrath of Gods.   Wrath of Gods has  been shown at festivals around the world and won six prestigious awards bringing Jon Gustafsson notoriety as a director and accolades for his work.  This is independent filmmaking at its best,  not only does it star Gerard Butler, but he joined Jon Gustafsson as co-producer of the film as well. 

In the fall of 2004 Sturla Gunnarsson and the cast and crew of Beowulf and Grendel went to Iceland and filmed their movie.  Iceland is breath taking beautiful! Wrath of Gods captured Iceland and its raw power as the Icelandic weather though majestically beautiful, reeked havoc on this production.  Jon Gustafsson gives an incredible look at the passion and tenacity of all to complete this movie.

Jon Gustafsson, director of Wrath of Gods, was one of Beowulf’s warriors.  He took along a small video camera and started capturing the passionate story  of filmmakers in the mountains of Icealnd
Jon studied filmmaking in Manchester, England, and directing and acting at the California Institute of the Arts. He has directed documentaries, music videos, short films and theatre shows and feature length films in Iceland and Canada. Some of his other projects include KANADIANA (feature) and THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ICELANDIC (documentary for CBC’s RoughCuts), several stage shows, music videos and television commercials.