Hubert Sauper is a documentary filmmaker best known for the highly controversial Darwin's Nightmare which was nominated for an Academy Award.
Sauper has lived in the UK, Italy, and the USA and now lives in France. He studied film directing in universities in Vienna and France. 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 by Peter Patzak, and Blue Distance, directed by Peter Schreiner.
His two latest documentaries have received twelve International Film Prizes.
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