- Hubert Sauper
Hubert Sauper (b. 27 July 1966,
Kitzbühel ,Tyrol ,Austria ) is adocumentary film maker best known for the highly controversial "Darwin's Nightmare " (2004) which was nominated for anAcademy Award . While In 2003Nile perch earned 169 million Euros in sales to the EU, large scale fishing operations have displaced many local people from their traditional occupations in the fishing trade and brought them into the cash economy.Sauper has lived in the
UK ,Italy , and theUSA and now lives inFrance . He studied film directing in universities inVienna andFrance . He teaches film classes in Europe and the USA.He acted in several short films and two feature length films: "
In The Circle Of The Iris ", directed byPeter Patzak , (withPhilippe Léotard ), and "Blue Distance ", directed byPeter Schreiner . His two latest documentaries have received twelve International Film Prizes.Filmography
*"On the Road With Emil" (1993, Documentary)
*"So I Sleepwalk In Broad Daylight" (1994, fiction)
*"Lomographer's Moscow" (1995, Documentary)
*"Kisangani Diary" / "Loin du Rwanda" ("Far From Rwanda") (1998, Documentary)
*"Alone With Our Stories" (2000, Documentary)
*"Darwin's Nightmare" (2004, Documentary)
*"Lake Victoria" (2005, Documentary)External links
* [http://www.hubertsauper.com/ Hubert Sauper's homepage]
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* [http://www.philosophiepolitique.net/notesfilmsdossier/darwin.htm Review of "Darwin's Nightmare" (in French)]
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