Håvard Bustnes


Håvard Bustnes is a Norwegian film director and cinema producer. He is co-founder and co-owner of. He holds a degree in Directing for Television from the College of Film and TV at Lillehammer, Norway.

Career

Bustnes' international breakthrough came with the 2008 film, which won Best Nordic Documentary at Nordisk Panorama in Malmö, The Golden Chair in Grimstad, and The Crystal Heart Award in the United States.
In 2016, Bustnes was honored with for his contribution to the film industry in Trøndelag and development of the film community in Trondheim and the Trøndelag region. The press release praised him as one of the region's brightest filmmakers, as well as a director and producer who has demonstrated the international quality of his documentaries.
Other films include Two Raging Grannies, Golden Dawn Girls, Name of the Game, Behind the Mask, and Phantoms of the Sierra Madre, and the upcoming film The Gardener, the Buddhist & the Spy which will premiere at CPH:DOX this coming March.

Filmography

  • 2004: Business as Usual
  • 2007: Riktig Mental Innstilling
  • 2008: '
  • 2010: Helsefabrikken
  • 2013: '
  • 2017: Golden Dawn Girls
  • 2021: '
  • 2023: '
  • 2024: Phantoms of the Sierra Madre
  • 2025: ''The Gardener, the Buddhist & the Spy''