Doug Tompkins was born on March 20, 1943 in Conneaut, Ohio, USA as Douglas Rainsford Tompkins. He is known for his work on 180° South (2010), In the Shadow of the Condor (2002) and Im Fluss des Lebens (2012). He was married to Kristine L. McDivitt Wear and Susie Tompkins Buell. He died on December 8, 2015 in Coihaique, Patagonia, Chile.