Hugo van Lawick

Hugo van Lawick ( born April 10, 1937 in Surabaya, Indonesia, † June 2, 2002 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) was a Dutch wildlife filmmaker and photographer.

Life

Hugo van Lawick was born in Indonesia as the son of Victor Hugo Anne Raoul Baron van Lawick and Isabella Sophia Baroness van Ittersum. He discovered early on his love for animals and photography. In 1959 he worked for the first time as a cameraman for a Dutch company in Kenya. 1962, the Dutch Baron Hugo van Lawick was sent by the National Geographic Society for a film contribution to Kenya. There he learned the behavior researcher Jane Goodall know that examined the behavior of chimpanzees. On March 28, 1964 married van Lawick and Goodall, 1967 their son Hugo was born.

His films Showed to a broad public the threatened life of various wild animals in the Serengeti, such as of African wild dogs, elephants and lions.

Van Lawick died at his son's home in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania from emphysema.

Filmography (selection)

Publications

• Peter Matthiessen: Sand Rivers, Aurum Press, London 1981, ISBN 0-906053-22-6.