Éric Valli

{{Short description|French photographer and film director}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2020}} '''Éric Valli''' (born 1952, in Dijon, France) is a French photographer and film director.

Valli specializes in mountain scenery and is an expert on the Himalaya Mountains. In 1999 he directed the adventure film ''Caravan''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shambhala.com/snowlion_articles/caravan-a-new-movie-set-in-the-himalayas/|title=Caravan: a New Movie Set in the Himalayas|date=2017-03-06|website=Shambhala|language=en|access-date=2020-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tricycle.org/magazine/himalaya-eric-valli/|title='Himalaya' by Eric Valli|last=Talbot|first=Mary|website=Tricycle: The Buddhist Review|language=en|access-date=2020-04-10}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2020-oscars-nepal-selects-bulbul-international-feature-film-category-1237693|title=Oscars: Nepal Selects 'Bulbul' for International Feature Film Category|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=7 September 2019 |language=en|access-date=2020-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kathmandupost.com/miscellaneous/2015/09/08/caravan-director-eric-valli-to-visit-nepal|title=Caravan director Eric Valli to visit Nepal|website=kathmandupost.com|language=English|access-date=2020-04-10}}</ref>

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 three World Press Awards for his work ''Chasseurs de Miel'' (1988), ''Chasseurs des Ténèbres'' (1991) and ''Les enfants de la poussière'' (1991).

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0885108|name=Éric Valli}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Valli, Eric}} Category:French photographers Category:French cinematographers Category:French film directors Category:People from Dijon Category:1952 births Category:Living people