Desc: Atacama: The Flowering Desert: Directed by Christian Munoz-Donoso. With Barry Paine, Pedro Sanchez. Sandwiched between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific coast in Northern Chile, the Atacama Desert is the driest place on Earth. The award winning documentary, "Atacama: The Flowering Desert", is an intimate look at the surprising variety of wildlife that exist in one of the harshest environments on the planet. Completed in 1999, "Atacama" is one among many wildlife productions directed by Christian Munoz-Donoso.