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Alan Root (12 May 1937, London – 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.
Aug 29, 2017 · CBS. By Neil Genzlinger. Aug. 29, 2017. Alan Root, an innovative wildlife filmmaker with a daredevil streak and the scarred body to prove it, died on Saturday in Kenya, where he lived on the...
Alan Root was one of the great wildlife film-making pioneers. His unmatched experience of East African wildlife and appetite for risk made him a world-class naturalist and filmmaker. "Dusty Feathers and Unlikely Fingers" is an updated version of Alan's 2012 autobiography "Ivory, Apes & Peacocks".
Sep 3, 2017 · Alan Root, a wildlife filmmaker who splashed through crocodile-infested rivers, piloted hot-air balloons over stampeding wildebeests, and lost a “Coke bottle”-size chunk of his calf to an angry...
Aug 30, 2017 · Alan Root, a wildlife filmmaker who splashed through crocodile-infested rivers, piloted hot-air balloons over stampeding wildebeests and lost a “Coke bottle”-size chunk of his calf to an angry...
Aug 29, 2017 · Alan Root, who has died aged 80, made, with his first wife Joan, some of the most highly acclaimed wildlife documentary films to emerge from the continent of Africa; one profile writer felt...
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Alan Root was born on 12 May 1937 in London, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and producer, known for Gorillas in the Mist (1988), Mysterious Castles of Clay (1978) and Here be dragons (1990). He was married to Joan Root, Fran Michelmore and Jenny Hammond. He died on 26 August 2017 in Nairobi, Kenya.
