Bernhard Grzimek
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 24, 1909
- Place of birth
- Neisse, Silesia, Germany [now Nysa, Opolskie, Poland]
- Died
- March 13, 1987
Biography
Bernhard Grzimek was a German veterinarian, zoologist, animal rights activist, and behavioral scientist, long-time director of Frankfurt Zoo, wildlife filmmaker, author and editor of animal books, an encyclopedia of the animal kingdom named after him, and president of the Frankfurt Zoological Society. In the 1960s and 1970s, he was Germany's best-known animal expert, regularly appearing on television programs for Hessischer Rundfunk. His documentary film Serengeti Shall Not Die was the first German film after World War II to win an Oscar in 1960. He initially published under the pseudonym Clemens Hoffbauer.
Movies with Bernhard Grzimek
- Serengeti Shall Not Die 1959 · ★ 6.5
- Hochkant 1982
Movies directed by Bernhard Grzimek
- Serengeti Shall Not Die 1959 · ★ 6.5
- No Place for Wild Animals 1956 · ★ 6.9
- Besuch bei Tieren 1953
- Ein Tag im Frankfurter Zoo 1951
- Gast der Bambuti 1954
- Schwalben am Spieß 1958
- Ein Fabeltier fliegt nach Deutschland 1955