One of the world's leading wildlife photographers and film-makers
Film-maker and photographer Des Bartlett, who has died aged 82, became one of the world's leading wildlife film-makers in a career that lasted more than 50 years. He worked with the renowned documentary makers Armand and Michaela Denis before joining Survival Anglia, for which he made the Emmy award-winning Flight of the Snow Geese, one of the greatest wildlife shows on earth.
During his long career he shot more than two million feet of film on six continents and made more than 200 documentaries. He contributed film, stills and articles to National Geographic, with whom, in 1993, he won a second Emmy for Survivors of the Skeleton Coast, shot on the desert coastline of Namibia, his adopted homeland for the last 31 years.
In 1956, Des was married in London to fellow Australian Jen Edmondson, who was playing tennis at Wimbledon. So began one of the most...
Film-maker and photographer Des Bartlett, who has died aged 82, became one of the world's leading wildlife film-makers in a career that lasted more than 50 years. He worked with the renowned documentary makers Armand and Michaela Denis before joining Survival Anglia, for which he made the Emmy award-winning Flight of the Snow Geese, one of the greatest wildlife shows on earth.
During his long career he shot more than two million feet of film on six continents and made more than 200 documentaries. He contributed film, stills and articles to National Geographic, with whom, in 1993, he won a second Emmy for Survivors of the Skeleton Coast, shot on the desert coastline of Namibia, his adopted homeland for the last 31 years.
In 1956, Des was married in London to fellow Australian Jen Edmondson, who was playing tennis at Wimbledon. So began one of the most...
- 11/9/2009
- The Guardian - Film News
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