ANNA GUTTO is known for her entertaining, emotionally resonant and internationally compelling storytelling.

Her feature film debut, PARADISE HIGHWAY, starring Academy Award winners JULIETTE BINOCHE and MORGAN FREEMAN, premiered at the Piazza Grande at Locarno Film Festival and was hailed by Variety as "a singularly promising debut for a first-time feature filmmaker." The film was released theatrically in the U.S. by Lionsgate and went straight to no. 1 on Netflix and Hulu.

Anna is currently Lead Director on Emilie Beck's ESCAPING BOLIVIA - a series hitting record numbers and a high 90s viewer completion rate already within the first couple of weeks. This builds on her TV directing debut as one of the directors on the first season of the Netflix hit HOME FOR CHRISTMAS.

Anna began her career in the theater, first in Norway and later in New York, where she earned critical acclaim for bringing Nobel Laureate Jon Fosse to American audiences, their work being hailed as “universally excellent” by The New York Times. They went on to produce multiple U.S. premieres of Fosse’s work, establishing a lasting transatlantic cultural bridge. She earned her MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University, where she graduated with Honors.

Anna's work is driven by a commitment to entertaining audiences through vibrant characters, engaging stories, and the power of cinematic storytelling. She is known for collaborating with world-class talent and moving fluidly between European and American markets. She is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Norway/EU.

Agent: Elin Sandström Lundh

SELECTED WORKS

Escaping Bolivia – drama series (lead director) – 2026
Paradise Highway – feature film (screenwriter & director) – 2022
Home for Christmas/Hjem til jul s. 1 comedy drama series - (co-director) - 2019
A Lucky Man - short (screenwriter & director) – 2017
Mommy Heist - short (screenwriter & director) – 2016
A Light Above - short (screenwriter & director) – 2012
Miss Them When I’m on the Road - short (director) – 2012
The Kangaroo  - short (screenwriter & director) – 2011

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS (SELECTION)

Paradise Highway – Zaki Gordon Memorial Award for Excellence in Screenwriting 2016

A Lucky Man – Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Production Award 2014

Travel stipend – Fond for Utøvende kunstnere, Cambodia 2010
In Security – Production Grant, Fond for lyd og bilde, 2008

Cultural Award (Outstanding Emerging Artist), American Scandinavian Society, 2007  

Production Grant, Norsk Kulturråd 2007                                                           

Production Grant, The Royal Norwegian Consulate General, Fosse NY 2004-2006, 2008, 2009       

Working Stipend for Young Artists, Norsk kulturråd 2004-2005                    

Anna Gutto and Juliette Binoche on set for Paradise Highway

Anna Gutto and Morgan Freeman on set for Paradise Highway

“[A]solid and satisfying thriller, a shrewdly constructed melodrama…A singularly promising debut for a first-time feature filmmaker.”

Variety on PARADISE HIGHWAY