Hubert Sauper
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Hubert Sauper (born 27 July 1966) is an Austrian documentary filmmaker, director, writer, producer, and actor best known for the highly controversial Darwin's Nightmare (2004) which was nominated for an Academy Award.
Sauper has lived in the UK, Italy, and the United States and now lives in France. He studied film directing in universities in Vienna and France. He teaches film classes in Europe and the USA.
Sauper is famed for his political documentary films, shot in cinema verite style. He earned worldwide recognition for his film's expression, content, and aesthetics. His films are usually controversial for their explicit political, social, and poetic expression. Sauper's film Darwin's Nightmare was nominated for best documentary at the Oscars, and he has been awarded for his work with more than 50 international film prizes. His two latest documentaries have received twelve International Film Prizes.
He acted in several short films and two feature-length films: , directed by Peter Patzak, (with Philippe Léotard), and , directed by .
Hubert Sauper is also a member of: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, European Film Academy, and .
He has taught as a visiting professor/tutor at Harvard, Yale, UCLA, Columbia University, Colorado University, , , FEMIS (French film school), , Istanbul University, and .
Early Life and Childhood[]
Sauper born in the Tyrolean Alps, Austria in 1966 as son of inn keepers, musicians. His father, Anton Hubertus Sauper is a writer and painter. Maria, his mother, is a passionate singer and works occasionally on humanitarian missions in the Balkans. Sauper has spent his adult life in Italy, Southern California - USA, Great Britain, Tanzania, Zaire (now DR Congo) Sudan, South Sudan. His permanent home is since 1995 in Paris and Burgundy, France.
Education[]
Sauper studied photography in the US, then film directing at the in Vienna, and the Universite de Paris. He was also a guest student at the FEMIS after receiving an ERASMUS grant. His Cinema thesis, published in Vienna, was entitled: "Film as testament", and focused on the three last films of the directors Cyril Collard, Andrey Tarkovsky, and Joris Ivens ("Die Verdichtung"). Sauper graduated with a special mention as director from film school, receiving a Bachelor of Arts.
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)
- We Come as Friends (2014, Documentary)
- Epicentro (2020, Documentary)
Awards[]
| Title | Year | Awards and Nominations | Out Of Competitions |
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| 1998 | Won – Cinéma du Réel Grand Prix for Best Film (Paris, 1998) Won – "" for Best Documentary Film (St.Petersburg, 1998) Won – Gold prize for Best Documentary (New York, 1999) Won – Prize (Kraków, 1998) Won – One World Media Award 2nd Place (London,) Won – 1st for Best Film (Nurnberg) Won – 48th International Film Festival Forum of Young Cinema (Berlin) Won – Special Jury Mention (Montevideo) Won – Special Jury Prize for Documentary (Karlovy Vary, 1998) Won – (Geneva, New York, Los Angeles) |
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| Darwin's Nightmare | 2005 | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (US, 2005) Won- Cesar (France, 2005) Won Europa Cinemas Label Venice International Film Festival Won for Best Documentary (2004) "Pris Arte" Won - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam for Best Film in 20 Years Won - for Documentary Award Won - Viennale Vienna Film Prize (2004) Won - for Best Film (2004) Won - Belfort Audience Award for Best Documentary (2005) Won - Grand Jury Prize (2005) Won - for best Documentary Award (2005) Won - Fribourg International Film Festival Best Documentary (2005) Won - Grand Prix Best Film (2005) Won - Special Award (2005) Won - Grand Jury Prize Best Film (2005) Won - Winner Audience Award (2005) Won - Distribution Award (Norway, 2005) Won - (San Francisco, 2005) Won - Silverdocs Grand jury prize (US, 2005) Won - Docaviv Tel Aviv Israel for Best Film (2005) |
San Sebastian International Film Festival (Zabaltegi, 2004) (2004) La Havana Latino-americano Fest (2004) Hof (2004) London International Film Festival (2004) Sheffield Documentary Tour (2004) Toronto International Film Festival Real to Reel (2004) (2005) Göteborg International Film Festival (2005) (2005) Vilnius International Film Festival (2005) New Directors/New Films Festival (2005) (2005) (2005) Istanbul International Film Festival (2005) Jeonju, (2005) (2005) BAM Cinematek (2005) Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2005) New Zealand International Film Festival (2005) Sarajevo Film Festival (2005) São Paulo International Film Festival (2005) |
External links[]
- Hubert Sauper at IMDb
- Hubert Sauper, "Giving Voice to Those Who Are Not Heard" (Video interview from Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary)
- Interview with Hubert Sauper, co-director of Kisangani Diary "We cannot call ourselves democrats when people are still treated like animals" with Stefan Steinberg on the World Socialist Web Site
- "Darwin's Nightmare" (Review from Rotten Tomatoes)
- "Darwin's Nightmare" (Review from New York Times)
- "Darwin's Nightmare" (Site)
- Hubert Sauper IMDB (Site)
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