Norman Desmond Bartlett (2 April 1927 – 12 September 2009) was an Australia filmmaker who worked on nature documentary series' such as ''
Survival
Survival, or the act of surviving, is the propensity of something to continue existing, particularly when this is done despite conditions that might kill or destroy it. The concept can be applied to humans and other living things (or, hypotheti ...
''.
Early life
Bartlett was born on 2 April 1927 at
Canungra
Canungra is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Canungra had a population of 1,229 people.
Geography
Located in South East Queensland, Canungra is situated in the Gold Coast hint ...
,
Queensland
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, Australia. His father had Australia's largest collection of butterflies and introduced Bartlett to natural history.
Works
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Flight of the Snow Geese
''Flight of the Snow Geese'' is a nature documentary from the ''Survival
Survival, or the act of surviving, is the propensity of something to continue existing, particularly when this is done despite conditions that might kill or destroy it. ...
'' (1972)
Awards
He was married to fellow filmmaker
Jen Bartlett
Jen Bartlett (born Jen Edmondson) was a former tennis player and an Australian filmmaker who worked on nature documentary series such as Survivors of the Skeleton Coast.
In 1959 she married a fellow filmmaker Des Bartlett. The couple lived on t ...
. They were jointly awarded the
Royal Geographical Society
The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), often shortened to RGS, is a learned society and professional body for geography based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical scien ...
's
Cherry Kearton Medal and Award
The Cherry Kearton Medal and Award is an honour bestowed by the Royal Geographical Society on "a traveller concerned with the study or practice of natural history, with a preference for those with an interest in nature photography, art or cinemato ...
in 1974.
See also
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Survival (TV series)
References
External links
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Des Bartlett's WildFilmHistory bio
1927 births
2009 deaths
Australian film producers
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