Alan Root (12 May 1937, London â€" 26 August 2017) was a British-born
filmmaker who worked on nature documentary series such as
Survival.Until 1990 he was married to Joan Root, who was a Kenyan-born
conservationist, murdered at Lake Naivasha in 2006. Before that
tragedy, the couple did National Geographic articles together from
1963-71 on animals, Galapagos Islands, and mainly African wildlife.
Notable films include: The Year of the Wildebeest (1974), Safari by
Balloon (1975), Mysterious Castles of Clay (1978), Two in the Bush
(1980) and A Season in the Sun (1983).Alan Root's strong narrative
style characterised much of Survival’s output and helped shape a
sophisticated genre known as Blue Chip films. The Year of the
Wildebeest was the epic story of the thundering migration of
wildebeest herds across the plains of the Serengeti. Mysterious
Castles of Clay, by contrast, showed wildlife in intricate detail in
and around termite mounds, revealing the insects' highly organised
society and skills of construction. It received a nomination for an
Academy Award.
filmmaker who worked on nature documentary series such as
Survival.Until 1990 he was married to Joan Root, who was a Kenyan-born
conservationist, murdered at Lake Naivasha in 2006. Before that
tragedy, the couple did National Geographic articles together from
1963-71 on animals, Galapagos Islands, and mainly African wildlife.
Notable films include: The Year of the Wildebeest (1974), Safari by
Balloon (1975), Mysterious Castles of Clay (1978), Two in the Bush
(1980) and A Season in the Sun (1983).Alan Root's strong narrative
style characterised much of Survival’s output and helped shape a
sophisticated genre known as Blue Chip films. The Year of the
Wildebeest was the epic story of the thundering migration of
wildebeest herds across the plains of the Serengeti. Mysterious
Castles of Clay, by contrast, showed wildlife in intricate detail in
and around termite mounds, revealing the insects' highly organised
society and skills of construction. It received a nomination for an
Academy Award.
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