Grimur was born in 1977 and graduated from the Film Academy of Performing Arts in Prague 2004. His graduate film, 'Slavek the Shit', was selected to the Cannes Film Festival 2005 and won 10 international awards. Grimur also made a short film called 'Wrestling' (2007) which won various international awards. Grimur is now working on his first feature film, 'Summerland'.