Writing
Screenwriting
Steindór’s feature-length black comedy Andalusia is in development with STILL VIVID (Godland, Heartstone) and the project has received three rounds of development funding from The Icelandic Film Centre. His feature-length historical epic Erfinginn has also received development funding from The Icelandic Film Centre.
He developed the story for Merki (Signals), a short film directed by Rúnar Ingi Einarsson, which received a special recognition at the 2025 The International Film and Industry Festival Stockfish and won the 2026 Edda award for short film of the year.
Steindór has also produced content for the 2023 European Film Awards and holds an MA in screenwriting from MetFilm School Berlin.
AWARD-WINNING Journalism work
Steindór is a two time winner of the Icelandic Journalism award. Along with his colleague Freyr Rögnvaldson at Stundin, he received the 2018 award for investigative journalism for their writing on land ownership in Iceland. In 2019, he and a number of colleagues at Stundin won the award for coverage for a series of articles on the climate crisis. Steindór has written for a number of Icelandic and English-language publications, including Heimildin (previously Stundin), Iceland Review, Reykjavík Grapevine, Rás 1 (Icelandic National Radio), Fréttablaðið and the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Selected Interviews and articles
Reporting on the risk of ocean current breakdown due to climate change and its potential impact on Iceland.
Analysis of the Icelandic 1% in 2023 in terms of income and wealth.
Coverage of sex work in Iceland and the policy surrounding it.
In-depth coverage of the activities of neo-nazis in Iceland with revelations about their organization and ties to foreign far-right groups.
Interviews with women who came forward with accounts of child sex abuse by an Icelandic priest.
Expose on allegations of sexual harassment by former Icelandic foreign minister Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson.
„Klaustursmálið“, an expose on members of Icelandic parliament caught on tape in misogyny and corruption scandal.
The detailed story of a murder plot involving an Icelandic fashion model and an Indian guru in Mexico.
Biography of activist Haukur Hilmarsson, who disappeared in North Syria.
Interview with Svein Harald Øygard, the Norwegian economist who served as the governor of the Central Bank of Iceland following the financial crisis of 2008.
A number of music articles for Reykjavík Grapevine, including an cover interview with singer Högni.
A series of columns on cultural topics for Lestin on Rás 1, Icelandic National Radio.
pro bono work
For the Berlin-based community radio station and fundraising platform Refuge Worldwide, Steindór has written a number of articles and interviews in English about local issues, for example housing policy, the delivery wars and charity work for the unhoused.