Nils Gaup (born 12 April 1955) is a Sámi film director from Norway.

He first intended to become an athlete but from 1974 to 1978 he went to drama school and studied at the Beaivváš Sámi Theatre in Kautokeino.

It was remade as a 1996 American film with Cameron Diaz and Harvey Keitel in the leading roles.

It is the true story of the riots of the Sami people against the church and state domination on alcohol sale.

[1] In 2022, he won the Anders Jahres Humanitarian Foundation's Culture Prize together with Margreth Olin, Joachim Trier, and Deeyah Khan.