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 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.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).
film director.Valli specializes in mountain scenery and is an expert
on the Himalaya Mountains. In 1999 he directed the adventure film
Caravan 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.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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