Roar Uthaug (born August 25, 1973)
is a Norwegian
film director
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. He graduated from the
Norwegian Film School in 2002.
Career
Uthaug's graduation film ''The Martin Administration'' was the second Norwegian student-film in history to be nominated by
AMPAS
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(the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Science) for the Student Academy Awards.
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Working at the Norwegian production company Fantefilm, Uthaug has directed numerous commercials for Norwegian TV, and music videos for ]Gåte
(; ) is a band from Trøndelag, Norway playing Norwegian folk music bred with metal and electronica. Their style has been referred to as progressive folk-rock. The band was put together by Sveinung Sundli (violin, keyboards) in 2000 and ori ...
, Furia, Unni Wilhelmsen
Unni Elisabeth Wilhelmsen (born 12 July 1971) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, and musician. Her musical influences are pop music and the American tradition of the singer-songwriter in which the lyrics play an important role as well as the mus ...
and Vidar Busk.
His feature debut '' Fritt Vilt'' (''Cold Prey'') was released in Norway on October 13, 2006. His notable feature was the 2015 disaster film, '' The Wave''. In 2018, Uthaug directed ''Tomb Raider
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'', the reboot of the film franchise, which was released on March 16, 2018 starring Alicia Vikander
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as Lara Croft
Lara Croft is a character and the main protagonist of the video game franchise ''Tomb Raider''. She is presented as a highly intelligent and athletic British adventurer and archaeologist who ventures into ancient tombs and hazardous ruins arou ...
.Troll
A troll is a being in Nordic folklore, including Norse mythology. In Old Norse sources, beings described as trolls dwell in isolated areas of rocks, mountains, or caves, live together in small family units, and are rarely helpful to human bei ...
''. It was released on Netflix
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on December 1, 2022.
Filmography
Short film
Feature film
Television
References
External links
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Fritt Vilt
1973 births
Television commercial directors
Living people
Norwegian music video directors
Norwegian film directors
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