Education
He graduated from the Norwegian Film School in 2002.
He graduated from the Norwegian Film School in 2002.
His 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. Working at the Norwegian production company Fantefilm, Uthaug has directed numerous commercials for Norwegian television, 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.
On November 17, 2015, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Warner Brothers announced that he would be directing a reboot of the Tomb Raider film franchise.