NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY SPECIALS (1974-1975)
IN SEARCH OF THE GREAT APES
NGS- Melvin Payne, President; Melville Bell Grosvenor, Chairman and Editor-In-ChiefDoc. Series & Series of Special
Synopsis
For six years animal behaviorist Dian Fossey tracks rare mountain gorillas through the rain forest of Central Africa. At last at closer range, an animal reaches out to touch her and accepts her into the world of these Great Apes.
Air Date | 1/13/76 |
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NETWORK | PBS |
Main Credits
Writer | Bud Wiser |
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Executive Producer | Nicholas Clapp |
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Executive Producer NGS | Dennis B. Kane |
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Producer | David Saxon |
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Director | Robert M. Campbell |
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Director | Christine Zurbach Wiser |
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Director | Robert M. Young |
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Narrator | Richard Kiley |
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Cinematographer | Robert M. Campbell |
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Cinematographer | Peter Fera |
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Cinematographer | Robert M. Young |
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Editor | David Newhouse |
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Composer | Walter Scharf |
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Full Credit List
Writer | Bud Wiser |
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Research | Marjorie M. Moomey |
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Executive Producer | Nicholas Clapp |
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Executive Producer NGS | Dennis B. Kane |
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Producer | David Saxon |
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In Charge of Production | Nicholas Clapp |
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Director | Robert M. Campbell |
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Director | Christine Zurbach Wiser |
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Director | Robert M. Young |
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Narrator | Richard Kiley |
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Production Coordinator | David Cooper |
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Production Coordinator | Patricia F. Northrop |
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Cinematographer | Robert M. Campbell |
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Cinematographer | Peter Fera |
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Cinematographer | Robert M. Young |
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Assistant Camera | Robert Leacock |
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Sound Recording | Lili Partridge |
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Sound Recording | Tassilo Peyk |
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Editor | David Newhouse |
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Assistant Editor | Erica Flaum |
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Assistant Editor | Dante Rochetti |
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Composer | Walter Scharf |
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Acknowledgements | The Leakey Foundation, The Government of Indonesia & Rwanda
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