Nicolas Vanier (born 5 May 1962) is a French adventurist, writer and director. His 2004 film The Last Trapper follows a trapper in Yukon, Canada. His film, Loup ("Wolf") was released at the end of 2009 and was presented at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Loup is about the life of the Evens tribe in North Eastern arctic Siberia, in the Verkhoïansk mountain range, who live by raising large herds of reindeer (caribou), which involves protecting them from attacks by wolves. In 2018, France Nature Environnement formally complained that a film crew overseen by Vanier had disturbed a colony of Greater Flamingoes, by repeatedly flying over them in an ultra-light aircraft, causing many - an estimated 11% of the total breeding population in France - to desert their nests and eggs. Source: Article "Nicolas Vanier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 5, 1962 (64)
- Dakar, Senegal
- Director and writer
- 5 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
What are Nicolas Vanier's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 5 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Nicolas Vanier's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Nicolas Vanier's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
23 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The World Upside Down (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Champagne ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Un monde, un regard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Poly(2020)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Spread Your Wings(2019)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
School of Life(2017)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
L'Odyssée sauvage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Belle & Sebastian(2013)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Wolf(2009)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
L'odyssée sybérienne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Siberian Odyssey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The Last Trapper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Le voyageur du froid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Yukon Quest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
L'odyssée blanche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Un hiver de chiens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
L'enfant des neiges (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Au Nord De L'Hiver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Partage des eaux (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Rivières ouvertes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Caravane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Coureurs des bois (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Le triathlon historique (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 23 titles, 21 of them dated from 1986 to 2024.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Nicolas Vanier's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 80th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 78/100 and the pacing 63/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Nicolas Vanier work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nicolas Vanier's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Raphaele Urtin shares the most, 4.
Writers
- Cécile AubryShared titles: Poly (2020), Belle & Sebastian (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Cécile Aubry
- Jérôme TonnerreShared titles: Poly (2020), School of Life (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Jérôme Tonnerre
Actors
- François CluzetShared titles: Poly (2020), School of Life (2017)See all 2 shared titles with François Cluzet
- Frédéric SaurelShared titles: Spread Your Wings (2019), School of Life (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Frédéric Saurel
- Murielle Huet des AunayShared titles: Spread Your Wings (2019), School of Life (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Murielle Huet des Aunay
- Urbain CancelierShared titles: School of Life (2017), Belle & Sebastian (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Urbain Cancelier
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Raphaele UrtinShared titles: Poly (2020), Spread Your Wings (2019), School of Life (2017), Belle & Sebastian (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Raphaele Urtin
- Armand AmarShared titles: Spread Your Wings (2019), School of Life (2017), Belle & Sebastian (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Armand Amar
- Éric GuichardShared titles: Spread Your Wings (2019), School of Life (2017), Belle & Sebastian (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Éric Guichard
- Laurent CharbonnierShared titles: School of Life (2017), Wolf (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Laurent Charbonnier
Producers
- Clément MiserezShared titles: Spread Your Wings (2019), School of Life (2017), Belle & Sebastian (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Clément Miserez
- Matthieu WarterShared titles: Spread Your Wings (2019), School of Life (2017), Belle & Sebastian (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Matthieu Warter
- Quentin de RevelShared titles: Poly (2020), Spread Your Wings (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Quentin de Revel
- Rémi JimenezShared titles: Poly (2020), Spread Your Wings (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Rémi Jimenez
