Nicolas Vanier (born 5 May 1962) is a French adventurer, writer and director. His 2004 film '' The Last Trapper'' follows a

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, Canada. His film, ' ("Wolf") was released at the end of 2009 and was presented at the

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. ''Loup'' is about the life of the

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tribe in North Eastern arctic

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, in the Verkhoïansk mountain range, who live by raising large herds of

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(

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), which involves protecting them from attacks by wolves. In 2018, France Nature Environnement formally complained that a film crew overseen by Vanier had disturbed a colony of

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es, by repeatedly flying over them in an

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, causing many - an estimated 11% of the total breeding population in France - to desert their nests and eggs.

Filmography

*''Les coureurs de bois'' (1982) *''Au nord de l'hiver'' (1991) *''L'enfant des neiges'' (1995) *''Un hiver de chien'' (1997) *''L'Odyssée blanche'' (2000) *'' The Last Trapper'' (2004) *''L'Odyssée sibérienne'' (2006) *' (2009) *'' Belle et Sébastien'' (2013) *'' L'école buissonnière'' (2017) *''

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'' (1997) *''Destin nord'' (1998) *''Territoire'' (1998) *''Le grand brame'' (1998) *''L'odyssée blanche'' (1999) *''C'est encore loin l'Alaska'' (2000) *''Le chant du grand nord'' (2002) - awarded the

Prix Maurice Genevoix The Prix Maurice Genevoix (''Le prix Maurice Genevoix'') is an annual French literary award made in honor of its namesake Maurice Genevoix (1890–1980). It is intended to recognize a French literary work which, by its topic or style, honors the m ...

*''Le voyageur du froid'' (2003) *''L'or sous la neige'' (2004) *''L'Odyssée sibérienne'' (26 October 2006) *''Album illustré par Philippe Mignon'' (2006) *''Guide de l'aventurier'' (2006)

References

External links

Biography
(French) *
Web site of the ''Loup'' movie
(in French) 1962 births 20th-century French non-fiction writers 21st-century French non-fiction writers French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters Senegalese emigrants to France Living people Prix Maurice Genevoix winners 20th-century French male writers {{France-writer-stub