Nils Gaup (born 12 April 1955) is a

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film director from

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Career

Mikkel Gaup and Nils Gaup at the 1988 Oscar ceremony 3

Gaup was born in

Kautokeino Kautokeino ( no, Kautokeino; se, Guovdageaidnu ; fkv, Koutokeino; fi, Koutokeino) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino. Other village ...

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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

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theatre ensemble. After acting in several movies, he rose to international prominence in 1987 with his film ''Ofelaš'' (international English title ''

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''). It was the first full-length movie with all of the dialogue in Northern Sámi. This movie earned him an

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nomination for Best Foreign language film and the Grand Prize award at the 1990

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. 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 successful film to date '' Hodet over vannet'' ('' Head Above Water''). For this film, he won the Amanda Award (the most important Norwegian Film Award). It was remade as a 1996 American film with

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and

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in the leading roles. His next movie was '' Tashunga'' (also known as ''North Star''), a project by Christopher Lambert. This film was panned by both the box office and the critics. Gaup was previously scheduled as director for the

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movie ''

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''. But due to exploding costs, he left the project. He directed the 2008 film '' Kautokeino-opprøret'' about the Kautokeino rebellion of 1852 of the town of the same name in Norway. It is the true story of the riots of the Sami people against the church and state domination on alcohol sale.

Filmography

Director

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'' (1987) also writer *'' Shipwrecked'' (1990) also screenplay *'' Hodet over vannet'' (1993), remade as '' Head Above Water'' (1996) *''

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'' (1994) short film *''

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'' (1996) *'' Misery Harbour'' (1999) *'' Deadline Torp'' (2005) tv-series *''

The Kautokeino Rebellion ''The Kautokeino Rebellion'' ( no, Kautokeino-opprøret, se, Guovdageainnu Stuimmit) is a 2008 film based on the true story of the Kautokeino riots in Kautokeino, Norway in 1852 in response to the Norwegian exploitation of the Sami community a ...

'' (2008) also writer *'' Journey to the Christmas Star'' (2012) *''Glassdukkene'' (2014) *'' The Last King'' (2016) *''Sulis'' (2022)

Actor

*''Det andre skiftet'' (1978) – Olof *''

Krypskyttere ''Krypskyttere'' (Poachers) is a Norwegian drama film from 1982 directed by Hans Otto Nicolayssen. the film deals with a conflict between the military and the civilian population over the rights to a military firing range. The Cold War is the bac ...

'' (1982) – Kåre, soldat *''Nattseilere'' (1986) – Gilio *'' O'Horten'' (2007) – Same (final film role)

Awards and nominations

*Amanda Award Winner – ''Pathfinder'' *Academy Award Nomination Best Foreign language film – ''Pathfinder'' *Amanda Award Winner – ''Head above Water''

Personal life

Nils Gaup is the uncle of actor

Mikkel Gaup Mikkel Mathis Gaup (born 16 January 1968) is a Sámi Norwegian film and stage actor. He is best known for his acting debut in the film '' Pathfinder'', directed by his uncle Nils Gaup, and he has also appeared in a number of other productions, inc ...

. He is currently married to Linn-Kristin Henriksen, the sister of actor Stig Frode Henriksen known from the Kill Buljo movie.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaup, Nils 1955 births Living people People from Kautokeino Norwegian Sámi people Norwegian film directors