Eric Valli
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Éric Valli
Éric Valli (born 1952 Dijon
France
) is a French
photographer and film director
.
Valli spent most of his career as a geographical photographer working for the National Geographic Magazine
and The Sunday Times capturing more inaccessible locations in the world on camera. He specializes in mountain scenery and is an expert on the Himalaya Mountains, and in 1999
directed the adventure film Himalaya
about survival in the Himalayas starring Thilen Londup which became the first Nepalese film to be nominated for a Best Foreign Film Award at the Oscars.
Valli has also shot a documentary with Diane Summers on the Honey hunters of Nepal documenting honey hunting
by the Gurung
tribesmen of west-central Nepal
. In it, they enter the jungle in search of wild honey where they use indigenous tools under precarious conditions to collect honey.
Valli has received 3 World Press Awards for his work Chasseurs de Miel (1988), Chasseurs des Ténèbres
(1991) and Les enfants de la poussière (1991).
Éric Valli (born 1952 Dijon
Dijon
Dijon is a city in eastern France, the capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Burgundy region.Dijon is the historical capital of the region of Burgundy. Population : 151,576 within the city limits; 250,516 for the greater Dijon area....
France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
photographer and film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
.
Valli spent most of his career as a geographical photographer working for the National Geographic Magazine
National Geographic Magazine
National Geographic, formerly the National Geographic Magazine, is the official journal of the National Geographic Society. It published its first issue in 1888, just nine months after the Society itself was founded...
and The Sunday Times capturing more inaccessible locations in the world on camera. He specializes in mountain scenery and is an expert on the Himalaya Mountains, and in 1999
1999 in film
The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep...
directed the adventure film Himalaya
Himalaya (film)
Himalaya , also known as Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef and as Caravan, is a 1999 Nepalese movie directed by Eric Valli and was funded through France-based corporations. It was the first Nepalese film to be nominated in the Best Foreign Film category at the 72nd Academy Awards.Himalaya is a story...
about survival in the Himalayas starring Thilen Londup which became the first Nepalese film to be nominated for a Best Foreign Film Award at the Oscars.
Valli has also shot a documentary with Diane Summers on the Honey hunters of Nepal documenting honey hunting
Honey hunting
Honey hunting or honey harvesting which involves robbing honey from wild bee colonies is one of the most ancient human activities and is still practiced by aboriginal societies in parts of Africa, Asia, Australia and South America. Some of the earliest evidence of gathering honey from wild colonies...
by the Gurung
Gurung
The Gurung people, also called Tamu, are an ethnic group that migrated from Mongolia in the 6th century to the central region of Nepal. Gurungs, like other east Asian featured peoples of Nepal such as Sherpa, Tamang, Thakali, Magar, Manaaggi, Mustaaggi, and Walunggi, are the indigenous people of...
tribesmen of west-central Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
. In it, they enter the jungle in search of wild honey where they use indigenous tools under precarious conditions to collect honey.
Valli has received 3 World Press Awards for his work Chasseurs de Miel (1988), Chasseurs des Ténèbres
Birdnesters of Thailand
Birdnesters of Thailand is a 1991 French short documentary film directed by Éric Valli. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short....
(1991) and Les enfants de la poussière (1991).