Eric Valli - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	1952
Place of Birth	Dijon (France, CÃ´te-d'Or)
Nationality	France
Also know as	Ã‰ric Valli
Profession	Photographer, Film Director, Screenwriter, Film Producer
Ã‰ric Valli 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 Caravan about survival in the Himalayas starring Thinle Lhondup 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, Chasseurs des TÃ©nÃ¨bres and Les enfants de la poussiÃ¨re.

Awards by Eric Valli

Check all the awards nominated and won by Eric Valli.

1999

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film	Himalaya Country: Nepal; in Dolpo, German

1991

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject	Birdnesters of Thailand

1990

World Press Photo Award for Nature

Honored for : Shadow Hunters

(Stories)

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
World Press Photo Award for Nature	Shadow Hunters Stories

1988

World Press Photo Award for Daily Life

Honored for : Children of the Dust

(Stories)

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
World Press Photo Award for Daily Life	Children of the Dust Stories

1987

World Press Photo Award for Nature

Honored for : 1987 World Press Photo Award Nature winning portfolio

(Stories)

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
World Press Photo Award for Nature	1987 World Press Photo Award Nature winning portfolio Stories

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