Film director, screenwriter, and producer. Graduated from VGIK in 1998. In 2003, founded her own film company, the "VSTRECHA" film studio. Multiple winner and nominee of Russian national prizes, such as “ TEFI”, “Laurel branch award”, “Nika”, " Golden Eagle ", and "White Elephant ", winner of the Grand Prix and prize-winner of international and Russian festivals. Since 2009 has been working as Chief film director of the Documentary Film Directorate of the main Russian TV Channel JSC “Channel One”. Chairman of the State Examination Board, the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) (faculty of directing). Natalia Gugueva's documentaries have been shown at international festivals: Visions du Réel , PRIX EUROPA, Docaviv , DocPoint, RIFF. Montecatini Short Film Festival, Golden Panda, etc.
- BOOST, 51 min. 2001 , full-length documentary
- THE CLOWN FAMILY, 28 min, 2003, documentary short
- KOSTYA TSZYU. TO BE NUMBER ONE!, 52 min., 2004 - full-length documentary
- TIMUR. THE HISTORY OF THE LAST FLIGHT, 26 min. 2005 , documentary short
- THE LAST KISS. Marina VLADI-Vladimir VYSOTSKY, 52 min, 2007,- full-length documentary
- LIFE IS ALWAYS CONCRETE, 69 min, 2011, full-length documentary
- WHO IS THIS KUSTURICA?, 92 min, 2013, full-length documentary
- OVERDRIVE. RETURN POINT, 93 min, 2016, full-length documentary
- WITNESSES OF LOVE, 65 min, 2016, full-length documentary
- UNSEPARATION, 68 min, 2022, full-length documentary
- FOG, 88 min, 2023, full-length feature film