Hamid Sardar is an award-winning writer, photographer and filmmaker living in Paris. He is a scholar and explorer, who received his PhD in Sanskrit & Tibetan Studies from Harvard University. He took part in the National Geographic expedition that discovered the hidden falls of the Brahmaputra River in Tibet (1999). Over the last twenty years (2000-2019) he has devoted his time to exploring Mongolia and shedding light on the struggle of various nomadic traditions through his award-winning photographs and films. His photographs have appeared in publications such as National Geographic, Geo, Le Figaro Magazine and Paris Match. His documentary film Le Peuple Renne won Best Cultural Film at the Banff Mountain Film Festival in Canada (2004). His film Balapan won Best Cultural Film at the Telluride and Banff Film Festivals in 2006. His third film, Sur la Piste du Renne Blanc (2008), won Best Cultural Film at the Banff Film Festival for the third year running. His film Taïga, about the plight of nomadic herders in Mongolia, has won numerous international awards, including the prestigious FIPA d'Or in France (2015). His latest film, Le Cavalier Mongol à la poursuivre les voleurs de chevaux à travers les forêts du Sibérie, won the Grand Prix at the Festival du film et du livre d'aventure de la Rochelle (2019) and the Grand Prix at the Toronto Film Festival (2021).