Bernhard Grzimek
Director, Writer, Producer
April 24, 1909 — March 13, 1987 (77 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2025 | Grzimek und der Kampf um die Serengeti · as Self - Subject |
| 2018 | All About Me · as Self |
| 2002 | Planet Wissen · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1977 | On Your Marks, Get Set, Go · as Self |
| 1964 | Die Drehscheibe · as Self |
| 1959 | Serengeti · as Self (voice) |
| 1957 | Zum Blauen Bock · as Self |
| 1955 | Was bin ich? · as Self - 5. Mystery Guest |
| 1953 | Panorama · as Self |
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| 1951 |
| 1959 |