- Renowned wildlife film-maker and conservationist.
- He spent 18 months in the Congo filming gorillas for "Lords of the Forest" (US: "Masters of the Congo Jungle"), narrated by Orson Welles. It was considered a landmark film in showing apes as social animals and not violent beasts.
- His 30-year German TV series "Expeditionen ins Tierreich" ("Expeditions into the Animal Kingdom") made him a household name. He worked with National Geographic to produce several documentaries in the 1960s and 70s that were shown around the world.
- His first film was a documentary on birds, completed in 1938. In 1955, he made a feature film about woodpeckers, which earned him the nickname "Mr. Woodpecker".
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