Iain Douglas-Hamilton

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Iain Douglas-Hamilton (born August 16, 1942 ) is a British environmental activist and documentary filmmaker who became internationally known primarily for his work and reports on elephants .

Career

At Oriel College , Oxford , Douglas-Hamilton earned both a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and a Dr. phil. in zoology. In 2010 he received the Indianapolis Prize from the Indianapolis Zoological Society for his work in protecting elephants.

In 1993 he founded the Save the Elephants organization . Douglas-Hamilton is a keynote speaker for the annual Wildlife Conservation Network expo. His reports, including about the persecution of elephants and their hunting for ivory, contributed significantly to the fact that the Washington Convention on Endangered Species in 1989 banned the trade in ivory. He made many documentaries about elephants in various African countries . He also used the latest technology for his films. So he continued z. B. a camera on the head of an elephant, so that this served as a cameraman.

Douglas-Hamilton is married and has two daughters, Saba Douglas-Hamilton , who also works for environmental protection, and is a well-known documentary filmmaker, and Mara Mond Douglas-Hamilton, known as "Dudu", is the film producer.

Works

Movies

  • 1998: Africa's Elephant Kingdom
  • 2000: Ele Tele
  • 2000: Universe - The Future of Africa's Elephants
  • 2002: Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom - The Lost Elephants of Timbuktu
  • 2004: The Way We Went Wild
  • 2009–2010: Untamed & Uncut
  • 2010: Great Migrations - The great miracle of animal migrations
  • 2011: The Greatest Return
  • 2012: The Ivory Crisis

Books

He wrote the books together with his wife Oria.

  • Among the elephants
  • Battle for the elephants (We fight for the elephants)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elephant Expert Iain Douglas-Hamilton Receives 2010 Indianapolis Prize ( Memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Wildlife Conservation Network Expo ( Memento from January 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Big Elephant Friends ( Memento of the original from January 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Nationalgeographic.de.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nationalgeographic.de
personal data
SURNAME Douglas-Hamilton, Iain
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British environmental activist and documentary filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1942