Heinz Sielmann Filmpreis 2013 Heinz Sielmann Film Award 2013 Life Time Achievement Award Sir David Attenborough Even at the very start of his distinguished career, Sir David ­Attenborough had already made a name for himself not only on camera but also in the self-produced Zoo Quest expeditions, where he and a small team headed out with a 16 mm camera Ich bedanke mich für to a remote corner of the world to bring back a rare animal for Ihren Einsatz, den Sie ­London Zoo and enough footage for a television series. für die Natur leisten! Sir David Attenborough went on to make many more legendary Ihre film documentaries. He sought and found new ways to present the wonders of nature on television. The groundbreaking ­series “Life on Earth” is not only one of the most watched programmes Inge Sielmann ever to be broadcast worldwide, but it has also set the bench- mark for the quality of natural history film production and ­influenced a generation of documentary filmmakers. During his extensive film work, he has also intensively devoted himself to other fundamental topics of life on this planet, such as the wide array of tribal art of non-European indigenous peoples. His documentaries in the series “The Tribal Eye” are probably the most comprehensive cinematic work on this topic to date. In his life‘s work, Sir David Attenborough has addressed and explored many facets of life on Earth. In doing so, he has always used the latest technological developments to unveil the natural world, to bring it closer and make it more accessible to people, while providing them with fascinating as well as little Ein Leben mit der Natur known impressions and insights. Sir David Attenborough is one of that very rare specimen of wanderer, explorer and mediator between the worlds and their people. I have the utmost respect for him and his life‘s work..