Nicos Argillet (Author - Director) is a sociologist educated in the faculty of La Sorbonne and a self-taught documentary filmmaker. His work the last 10 years has led him in the most remote places in the world including Alaska, Greenland, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea... where he directed more than 20 documentaries tackling social and environmental concerns for various French TV channels such as ARTE, CANAL +, France Television… In 2016, he wrote and directed “Cirque Hors Piste”, a poetic movie on the modern circus arts, awarded with the Culture Award at the Lauriers de la Radio et de la Télévision. After shooting two documentaries in French Guiana (in 2005 about the environment and 2017 about healthcare in isolated native villages), he started to regularly return to the Maroni River.

He is currently developing his first feature documentary in French Guyana, “Varado - The curse of Gold”, selected by the Hot Doc forum in 2021. 

CV: www.linkedin.com/in/nargillet
Website : nicosargillet.com
Portfolio : https://vimeopro.com/nicosa/portfolio (password : nicosportfolio)

AWARDS
 For the documentary "Cirque Hors Pistes" (as Director)

- Prix du meilleur documentaire culturel en 2018, awarded by Les Lauriers de la Télévision 

- Selected for the Ales Cinema Festival

- Selected at the Spring Festival

- Selected at the Tansfilmnacht Festival

For the short film, "L'Etau" (as Director)

- Selected at Amiens International Film Festival (as director)

For the short film, "Tocqueville" (as DP)

- Jury Prize at Baz'art Festival, Angouleme

- Selected at the Video Danse Festival in Barcelona