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.
Hugo van Lawick
Director
The River: A Year in the Life of the Tay
2019
Anthropocène, l’implacable enquête
2025
Les Mégafeux, la nouvelle guerre du feu
2022
Asientos
1996
Daughters of the Forest
2026
Wild Canada
2014
Heïdi's Ice
2023
Meet the Hedgehogs
2017
Bird's Eyeview
2022
The Arctic Fox: Still Surviving
2015
Ocean Paradise
2019
Naqoyqatsi
2002