Nils Gaup (born April 12, 1955) is a Sámi film director from Norway.
Gaup was born in Kautokeino, Finnmark County in Northern Norway. He first intended to become an athlete but from 1974 to 1978 he went to drama school and studied at the Beaivváš Sámi Theatre in Kautokeino. He also founded the first Sami language theatre ensemble.
After acting in several movies he came to prominence in 1987 by directing the Norwegian film Ofelaš (international En...
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Nils Gaup (born April 12, 1955) is a Sámi film director from Norway.
Gaup was born in Kautokeino, Finnmark County in Northern Norway. He first intended to become an athlete but from 1974 to 1978 he went to drama school and studied at the Beaivváš Sámi Theatre in Kautokeino. He also founded the first Sami language theatre ensemble.
After acting in several movies he came to prominence in 1987 by directing the Norwegian film Ofelaš (international English title The Pathfinder). It was the first full-length movie with all dialogs in Sami, the native language of Lapland. This movie earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign language film and the Grand Prize award at the 1990 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. After that he made the Disney-financed movie Haakon Haakonsen (Shipwrecked), based on the youth adventure novel "Haakon Haakonsen. En norsk Robinson" (Haakon Haakonsen. A Norwegian Robinson) by Norwegian author O. V. Falck-Ytter. In 1993 he shot his most...
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