Directing
Håvard Bustnes
EN, NO, AR, NB cinema · 13 credits
Born
15 September 1973 (age 53)
Birthplace
Oslo, Norway
Håvard Bustnes (1973) has directed and produced documentaries for more than 20 years. He is based in Trondheim where he is a founding member and co-owner of the production company UpNorth Film. Bustnes made his international breakthrough with the feature documentary "Big John" (2008) which won several awards, including the Amanda Award, Best Nordic Documentary at Nordic Panorama in Malmö, The Golden Chair in Grimstad, and The Crystal Heart Award in USA. After this, his movies "Health Factory" (2010), "Two Raging Grannies" (2013), and "Golden Dawn Girls" (2017) have been screened at more then 100 film festivals, won awards and nominations at notable film festivals like IDFA and Hot Docs, and have been broadcast at television and cinemas worldwide. His latest feature "Name of the Game" (2021) premiered at IDFA in Amsterdam, which is the worlds biggest documentary film festival.
Known for
Filmography
My AI Election
Director, Producer
Let Our Mountains Live
Director, Producer, Writer
Phantoms of the Sierra Madre
as Self (uncredited), Director, Producer
Behind the Mask
Producer, Writer, Director
Name of the Game
Director, Producer, Writer
Golden Dawn Girls
Director
Privacy of Wounds
Executive Producer
Two Raging Grannies
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Health Factory
Writer, Director
Big John
Director, Writer
Riktig mental innstilling
2007
Positive Mental Attitude
Director, Writer, Producer