Niobe Thompson (Canada)
Director
Handful Of Films

Niobe Thomspon is a Canadian filmmaker and anthropologist.

Niobe founded Handful of Films which brings to life fascinating and little-known moments in our human journey, from our evolutionary origins to the complexity of our present, in documentary and dramatic form.

After winning the Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival for Fast Horse, Niobe received his second Emmy nomination in 2019 for his film about organ transplant science, Transplanting Hope. Three-time winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best Science & Nature Documentary, his 2019 miniseries Equus – Story of the Horse received the most Canadian screen awards of any documentary that year. 

Over the past three years, three of Niobe’s films have been selected for the prestigious Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour: Boy Nomad, Fast Horse, and The Long Today.