Hugo van Lawick

His father was a pilot with the Dutch fleet, and upon his death while in service the Baroness moved Hugo and his brother first to Australia, then to England, where they lived successively, in London, Hull, and Devon.In the latter, Hugo was enrolled in boarding school, where he remained after his mother and brother moved to the Netherlands shortly after the end of World War II.In November 1959, Hugo went to Africa to pursue his passion of photographing and taking footage of wild animals, finding employment as a cameraman for a filmmaking couple.After a film he produced as the background to a lecture given by Louis Leakey was seen by a staff member at National Geographic, he was given a retainer for future work for the magazine.On 7 June, during a ceremony attended by family, friends, staff and government officials, Hugo was buried at the place his tent had stood for over 30 years in his camp in the Serengeti.
Dutch namesurnameJesús MosterínFélix Rodríguez de la FuenteSurabayaDutch East IndiesDar es SalaamTanzaniaJane GoodallwildlifefilmmakerphotographerchimpanzeesGombe Stream National ParkSerengetiwild dogselephantsIndonesiaDutch fleetAustraliaEnglandLondonthe NetherlandsAmersfoortAfricaLouis LeakeyNational GeographicKasakela chimpanzee communityChelsea Old ChurchdivorcedBanjulGambia35 mm filmemphysemaEmmy awardsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction ProgramOrder of the Golden ArkPrince Bernhard of the NetherlandsPeter MatthiessenInternational Documentary Association