Roar Uthaug

Director
Writer
Producer

Roar Uthaug is a Norwegian film director. He is best known for Tomb Raider (2018), The Wave (2015), Cold Prey (2006) and Escape (2012).

Uthaug was born in August 25, 1973. In 2002 he graduated from the Norwegian Film School. His directorial debut was Cold Prey/Fritt Vilt in 2006.

In 2018 he directed the Tomb Raider reboot starring Alicia Vikander.

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Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations total

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Known for

Troll

5.8

Director

2022

Tomb Raider

6.3

Director(directed by)

2018

The Wave

6.6

Director

2015

Cold Prey

6.2

Director

2006

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Director

Troll
5.8
- Director
- 2022
Tomb Raider
6.3
- Director (directed by)
- 2018
Mammon
6.8
TV Series
- Director
- 2016
For the Bold: Doppelganger
Short
- Director
- 2015
The Wave
6.6
- Director
- 2015
Hellfjord
7.1
TV Mini Series
- Director
- 2012
Escape
6.1
- Director
- 2012
Magic Silver
5.7
- Director
- 2009
Cold Prey
6.2
- Director
- 2006
Regjeringen Martin
7.1
Short
- Director
- 2002
A Fistful of Kebab
6.8
Short
- Director
- 1998
Dis 2
Short
- Director
- 1996
DX13036
6.3
Short
- Director
- 1996
En aften i det gronne
5.6
Short
- Director
- 1994
Snørr
6.4
Short
- Director
- 1993

Writer

Producer

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- Official Site
Born
- August 25, 1973
- Lørenskog, Norway

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Trivia
Started out making music-videoes in his teens, to music of his own creation.

Quotes
[on The Wave (2015)] This [the tsunami] will actually happen there one day. There is this crack in the mountainside out in the fjord, and it keeps expanding each year and at some point it will cause a huge rockslide into the fjord and they will have ten minutes before the wave reaches Geiranger. So we wanted to stay true to the facts - to what geologists think will be the facts one day. And, of course, as a bonus it is one of the most beautiful places in Norway, so I thought the contrast between the spectacular nature and the destructive forces that it can cause made for some powerful images. [2016]