Des Bartlett

Australian documentary filmmaker (1927–2009)

Norman Desmond Bartlett (2 April 1927 – 12 September 2009) was an Australia filmmaker who worked on nature documentary series' such as Survival.

Early life

Bartlett was born on 2 April 1927 at Canungra, Queensland, Australia. His father had Australia's largest collection of butterflies and introduced Bartlett to natural history.^[1]

Works

Flight of the Snow Geese (1972)

Awards

He was married to fellow filmmaker Jen Bartlett. They were jointly awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Cherry Kearton Medal and Award in 1974.^[2]

References

^ "Close encounters of the natural kind: Des Bartlett, 1937-2009". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
^ "Medals and Awards" (PDF). Royal Geographical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.