''Serengeti Shall Not Die'' (german: Serengeti darf nicht sterben; also known as ''Serengeti'' ) is a 1959 German documentary film written and directed by Bernhard Grzimek. His son, cinematographer

Michael Grzimek Michael Grzimek (12 April 1934 – 10 January 1959) was a West German zoologist, conservationist and filmmaker. Life Michael Grzimek was the second son of Bernhard Grzimek and Hildegard Prüfer. Already as a child, he assisted his father in ...

, died on-location during the filming of the documentary when a plane he piloted collided with a

vulture A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion. There are 23 extant species of vulture (including Condors). Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe, Africa, and Asia; New World vultures are restricted to North and ...

. It won the

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosoph ...

in 1960.

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* West German films 1950s German-language films German documentary films Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners Documentary films about animals Documentary films about nature Films set in Tanzania 1959 films 1959 documentary films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub