Born in Indonesia to Victor Raoul Baron von Lawick and Isabella Sophia Baroness van Ittersum, he developed an early love for animals. He determined that film would be his medium to capture the stunning images of the Serengeti for all animal lovers. Animal researcher Jane Goodall was his wife and collaborator for many years. They wrote and produced many films together. Hugo van Lawick lived and worked on the African plains for more than thirty years. Join van Lawick on his many small and large adventures through the Serengeti, where animals play the leading role. Van Lawick received eight Emmys and numerous other awards for his extraordinary films.

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The untold story of South Africa's blackfoot Penguins.

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A ten-minute study of wild animal life in a Swedish forest; stoat, fox, hare, and owl, who stalk and...

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Journey alongside a young tigress raising her cubs in the fabled forests of India.