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Doug Tompkins(1943-2015)

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The film follows adventurer Jeff Johnson as he retraces the epic 1968 journey of his heroes Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to Patagonia.
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180° South (2010)
Doug Tompkins was born on 20 March 1943 in Conneaut, Ohio, USA. He is known for Im Fluss des Lebens (2012), Mountain of Storms (2018) and 180° South (2010). He was married to Kristine Tompkins and Susie Tompkins Buell. He died on 8 December 2015 in Coyhaique, Aysén Region, Chile.
BornMarch 20, 1943
DiedDecember 8, 2015(72)
BornMarch 20, 1943
DiedDecember 8, 2015(72)
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Im Fluss des Lebens
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  • Self
  • 2012
Mountain of Storms (2018)
Mountain of Storms
7.7
Movie
  • Self
  • 2018
180° South (2010)
180° South
7.5
Movie
  • Music Department(additional music)
  • 2010
Entrepreneurs
TV Movie
  • Self
  • 1986

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  • 180° South (2010)
    180° South
    7.5
    • composer: additional music
    • 2010

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    • Douglas Tompkins
  • Born
    • March 20, 1943
    • Conneaut, Ohio, USA
  • Died
    • December 8, 2015
    • Coyhaique, Aysén Region, Chile(boating accident)
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      Kristine Tompkins1993 - December 8, 2015 (his death)
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    After retiring in 1989, Tompkins was active in conservation and environmentalism. He owned hundreds of thousands of acres in Patagonia, a travel destination bursting with tough terrain and untamed rivers straddling southern Chile and Argentina. On his Chilean land, he created Pumalin Park, 716,606 acres of forest, lakes and fjords stretching from the Andes to the Pacific.

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