biography
pronunciation:
[zeelman]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1917– )
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| biography:
| Naturalist and nature film photographer, born in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). He began to make films in 1938, and won the German Oscar for documentary films three years running (1953–5). He evolved techniques enabling him to film the inside of animal lairs and birds' nests, which revolutionized the study of animal behaviour. |
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