Roar Uthaug

Roar Uthaug (born August 25, 1973)^[1] is a Norwegian film director. He graduated from the Norwegian Film School in 2002.

Roar Uthaug
Uthaug at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	(1973-08-25) August 25, 1973 (age 51) Lørenskog, Norway
Years active	1993–present

Career

Uthaug's graduation film The Martin Administration was the second Norwegian student-film in history to be nominated by AMPAS (the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Science) for the Student Academy Awards.^[1]

Working at the Norwegian production company Fantefilm, Uthaug has directed numerous commercials for Norwegian TV, and music videos for Gåte, Furia, Unni Wilhelmsen 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, the reboot of the film franchise, which was released on March 16, 2018 starring Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft.^[2][3] In 2022, he directed the film, Troll. It was released on Netflix on December 1, 2022.

Filmography

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1993	Snørr	Yes	Yes
1994	En aften i det gronne	Yes	No
1996	DX13036	Yes	No
	Dis 2	Yes	Yes	Also producer
	A Fistful of Kebab	Yes	No	Co-directed with Espen Egeland
2002	Regjeringen Martin	Yes	No

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Executive Producer	Notes
2006	Cold Prey	Yes	No	No
2009	Magic Silver	Yes	No	No	Co-directed with Katarina Launing
2012	Escape	Yes	Story	No
2015	The Wave	Yes	No	No
2018	Tomb Raider	Yes	No	No
2022	Troll	Yes	Story	Yes
2025	Troll 2	Yes	Story	Yes

Television

Year	Title	Notes
2012	Hellfjord	1 episode
2016	Mammon	Episode "Miklagard"