Charles Lagus
Charles Lagus (born 08 September 1928, Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech photographer and film maker. Lagus was the first cameraman engaged by the BBC to shoot natural history footage,[1] and worked with David Attenborough on his early Zoo Quest series in 1954.
Life and career[]
Lagus' career as a film-maker began in 1946 when he switched from studying medicine to photography, and began making medical and scientific research films for Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI).[1]
In 1954, aged 26,[2] he did his first work for the BBC, on David Attenborough's Zoo Quest in Sierra Leone,[1] the series which would launch his career.[2] Lagus eventually worked on most episodes of the series, and also worked in Australia on Peter Scott's Faraway Look in 1957.[1] In 1959 he directed the documentary Kariba, following attempts to rescue animals during the construction and flooding of the Kariba Dam. Lagus also wrote a book about the topic entitled Operation Noah.[1]
Other nature programmes that Lagus worked on included Anglia Television's Lure of the Dolphin in 1976, the BBC's Animal Magic and ITV's . He also worked on other shows including Z-Cars (1964) and Jane Eyre (1963).[1]
Between 1982 and 1989 he was a lecturer at the National Film and Television School, and in 1984 he was elected as a member of the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC).[1] In 1986 Lagus received the "Lifetime Achievement Panda" for services to wildlife film-making at the Wildscreen Film Festival in Bristol, United Kingdom.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Charles Lagus BSC". Wild Film History. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ a b ""We were rebels" - Sir David Attenborough and cameraman Charles Lagus tell how they defied the odds to bring pioneering BBC series Zoo Quest to the screen". BBC Media Centre. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
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