David Attenborough

Writer | Producer | Director

Born 8 May 1926, the younger brother of actor Lord Richard Attenborough. He never expressed a wish ...

Born: May 8, 1926

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Filmography

Known For

Blue Planet II Himself - Narrator (2017)
Planet Earth Writer (2006)
Frozen Planet Writer (2011)
Known For

Life on Earth Writer (1979)
Writer

Natural World (2000-2017)
Attenborough's Passion Projects (2016)
Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough (2015-2016)
David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive (2014)
Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates (2013)
Micro Monsters 3D (2013)
Africa (2013)
Galapagos 3D (2013)
Kingdom of Plants 3D (2012)
Frozen Planet (2011)
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough (2011)
Madagascar (2011)
First Life (2010)
Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link (2009)
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life (2009)
Life in Cold Blood (2008)
Are We Changing Planet Earth? (2006)
Planet Earth (2006)
Life in the Undergrowth (2005)
Deep Blue (2003)
The Life of Mammals (2002-2003)
Nova (2000-2001)
The Blue Planet (2001)
The Song of the Earth (2000)
State of the Planet (2000)
The Lost Gods of Easter Island (2000)
Island of the Vampire Birds (1999)
The Dragons of Galapagos (1998)
The Life of Birds (1998)
Cities of the Wild (1996)
Survival Island (1996)
Attenborough in Paradise (1996)
The Private Life of Plants (1995)
Life in the Freezer (1993)
The Trials of Life (1990)
Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives (1989)
The First Eden (1987)
The Living Planet (1984)
Life on Earth (1979)
Wildlife on One (1977)
The Tribal Eye (1975)
A Blank on the Map (1971)
Writer

The Miracle of Bali (1969)
Producer

Attenborough's Passion Projects (2016)
Nova (1997)
Cities of the Wild (1996)
A Blank on the Map (1971)
The Miracle of Bali (1969)
Adventure (1961-1963)
Zoo Quest (1954-1961)
The People of Paradise (1960)
Travellers' Tales (1956-1957)
Producer

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? (1953)
Director

Attenborough's Passion Projects (2016)
Adventure (1965)
Director

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? (1953)
Archive footage

Vegan 2019 (2019)
Granada Reports (2019)
Jeremy Vine (2019)
What The Durrells Did Next (2019)
The Andrew Klavan Show (2018)
Politics Live (2018)
Songs of Praise (2018)
Good Morning Britain (2018)
The Greatest TV Moments of All Time (2018)
And the Winner Isn't (2017)
Innuendo Bingo (2017)
BBC North West Tonight (2016)
Richard Attenborough: A Life (2014)
60 Minutes (2003-2013)
Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe (2013)
The Graham Norton Show (2012)
The Wright Stuff (2011)
Rude Tube (2011)
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)
Breakfast (2010-2011)
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (2011)
The Funny Side of... (2009)
Silbury: The Heart of the Hill (2007)
The 11th Hour (2007)
Michael Parkinson's Greatest Entertainers (2007)
Screenwipe (2006)
Archive footage

Alles kan beter (1998)
Wogan: The Best Of (2015)
Miscellaneous Crew

Tom Harrison: The Barefoot Anthropologist (2007)

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Awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmys.

Another 20 wins & 11 nominations.

Did You Know

Trivia

On 16 December 2006, he won the title of Greatest Living British Icon, voted for by viewers of BBC Two's The Culture Show, beating singers Sir Paul McCartney and Morrissey (Morrissey).

Quotes

[on the global-warming challenge] I would much prefer not to be a placard-carrying conservationist. My life is the natural world. But I can't not carry a placard if I see what's happening.