Roar Uthaug

Roar Uthaug is a Norwegian film director. 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 for the Student Academy Awards.
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 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. In 2022, he directed the film, Troll. It was released on Netflix on December 1, 2022. In 2025, he directed the film, Troll 2 (2025 film), which was a direct sequel to the movie, Troll. It was released on Netflix on December 1, 2025.

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1993	Snørr
1994	En aften i det gronne
1996	DX13036
1996	Dis 2			Also producer
1996	A Fistful of Kebab			Co-directed with Espen Egeland
2002	Regjeringen Martin

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Executive Producer	Notes
2006	Cold Prey
2009	Magic Silver				Co-directed with Katarina Launing
2012	Escape
2015	The Wave
2018	Tomb Raider
2022	Troll
2025	Troll 2

Television