Hubert Sauper is an Austrian documentary filmmaker, director, writer, producer, and actor best known for the highly controversial Darwin's Nightmare which was nominated for an Academy Award. Sauper has lived in the UK, Italy, and the United States and now lives in France. He studied film directing in universities in Vienna and France. He teaches film classes in Europe and the USA. Sauper is famed for his political documentary films, shot in cinema verite style.