ANNA GUTTO is a Norwegian-American filmmaker known for her entertaining, emotionally resonant and internationally compelling storytelling.

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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 in select theaters internationally.

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Anna is Conceptual Director on Emilie Beck's Escaping Bolivia, a high-stakes drama slated to premiere winter of 2025. Conceptual Director is comparable to pilot director and aspects of producing director in the U.S. system, shaping the tone and visual language for the series in close collaboration with the Series Creator. 

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Anna began her career in theater, first in Norway and later in New York, where she earned critical acclaim for bringing Nobel Laureate Jon Fosse to American audiences. She co-founded the company Oslo Elsewhere which production of Night Sings Its Songs was revered 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. 

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She earned her MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University, where she graduated with honors. Her directing credits include the Netflix hit Home for Christmas, and her award-winning short films have screened at festival internationally and been acquired by France Télévisions and the Museum of the Moving Image in New York.

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Anna's work is driven by a commitment to entertaining audiences through vibrant characters, engaging stories, and the power of cinematic storytelling to connect across borders. 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, and is currently developing several feature and television projects.

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Anna is represented by Grandview/Untitled in the U.S. and Albatros in Scandinavia.