Hugo van Lawick

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Hugo van Lawick was a Dutch wildlife filmmaker and photographer renowned for documenting African wildlife and extensively filming Jane Goodall’s chimpanzee research in Gombe.


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instanceOf documentary filmmaker
human
wildlife filmmaker
wildlife photographer
areaOfActivity East Africa
Gombe Stream region
collaboratedWith Jane Goodall
contributedTo popularization of Jane Goodall’s research
public awareness of African wildlife conservation
public awareness of chimpanzee behavior
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands
familyName van Lawick
fieldOfWork nature photography
wildlife documentary
genre nature documentary
wildlife photography
givenName Hugo
hasEthnicOrigin Dutch
influenced later generations of wildlife filmmakers
nature photographers focusing on primates
knownForVisualStyle intimate close-up wildlife footage
long-term observational filming
languageOfWork Dutch
English
medium film
photography
name Hugo van Lawick
nationality Dutch
notableFor collaboration with Jane Goodall
documenting African wildlife
filming Jane Goodall’s chimpanzee research
long-term documentation of chimpanzee behavior
work in Gombe Stream National Park
notableLocationDocumented Gombe
notableRole cinematographer for chimpanzee research films
occupation filmmaker
photographer
placeOfWork Gombe Stream National Park
Tanzania
primarySubjectOfWork African wildlife
chimpanzees
spouse Jane Goodall
subjectOf biographical articles on wildlife filmmaking
typeOfArtist documentary photographer
nature filmmaker
workedOnTopic African savanna ecosystems
chimpanzee social behavior
chimpanzee tool use

Referenced by (4)
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Jane Goodall ("Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick")
child
Hugo van Lawick ("van Lawick")
familyName
Hugo van Lawick
name
Jane Goodall
spouse

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