Nils Reidar Utsi (22 July 1943 – 1 January 2019) was a Norwegian Sámi actor, stage director and film director.

Biography

He worked for the theatres

Den Nationale Scene Den Nationale Scene () is the largest theatre in Bergen, Norway. Den Nationale Scene is also one of the oldest permanent theatres in Norway. History Opened under the name '' Det Norske Theater'' in 1850, the theatre has roots dating back to its ...

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

Hålogaland Teater Hålogaland Teater is a regional theatre serving the region of Nord-Norge, the northernmost of Norway. It got its name after the northernmost county in Norway in the Middle Ages Hålogaland. When established in 1971, it was the first regional the ...

, which he also cofounded, and

Beaivváš Sámi Našunálateáhter Beaivváš Sámi Našunálateáhter (established in 1981 in Guovdageainnu Municipality) is a Norwegian theatre and theatre company that uses Sami language as its performing language. In addition, it is the only Sami-language theatre in the count ...

, where he staged his first play, an adaptation of '' Stones in His Pockets''. He co-directed the television series ''Ante'' from 1975, and also participated as actor. The series treated the situation of

indigenous peoples There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territ ...

through the

Sami Acronyms * SAMI, ''Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange'', a closed-captioning format developed by Microsoft * Saudi Arabian Military Industries, a government-owned defence company * South African Malaria Initiative, a virtual expertise ne ...

boy "Ante", and was sold to 23 different countries. Utsi played the character ''Raste'' in the 1987

Nils Gaup Nils Gaup (born 12 April 1955) is a Sámi film director from Norway. Career 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 ...

awarded film

Ofelaš ''Pathfinder'' (original title in Sami: ''Ofelaš''; and in Norwegian: ''Veiviseren'') is a 1987 Norwegian action-adventure film written and directed by Nils Gaup. It is based on an old Sami legend. It was the first full-length film in Sami, a ...

(Pathfinder). Utsi died on 1 January 2019, at the age of 75.

Filmography

References

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* 1943 births 2019 deaths Sámi actors Sámi film directors 20th-century Norwegian male actors Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors Norwegian film directors Norwegian Sámi people People from Tana, Norway {{norway-actor-stub