Alby mangels biography
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Alby Mangels — Inside the legendary adventure travel filmmaker's secret new life
Alby Mangels is in a reflective mood as he muses over the absurd ragbag of ingredients that somehow became his recipe for success.
Key points:
- Alby Mangels rose to global fame following his World Safari adventure films in the 70s and 80s
- His films outsold many blockbusters of the era at the Aussie låda office
- Mangels has shunned the limelight for decades, but is cautiously considering a return to the screen
"I never did anything for cinema, I just did what I wanted to do and what turned me on," he says.
The 74-year-old adventurer and documentary filmmaker, who created the World Safari films and Adventure Bound TV series of the 1970s and 80s, was a sex symbol in his own right: all tight shorts and sun-kissed sinew.
At the height of his fame, he even posed nude beside a smouldering fireplace for a Cleo magazine centrefold.
These days, he spends most of his time living under an
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The Alby Mangels Story: Beyond World Safari
Born and raised in London, Lynn Santer has been a crusader for causes since she was a small child, winning her first award for animal welfare when she was just eleven years old. She has travelled the world and played a hands-on role in the hot spots of Africa to help preserve the endangered big cats that are her passion in life. In the capacity, she has worked with many famous names, including: Tippi Hedren, star of Alfred Hitchcock's legendary and ageless classic, 'The Birds', who now runs the ROAR foundation and who is involved with Lynn in adapting 'Land of the Free' into a motion picture; Roger Gale, MP (UK), the former Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party and current Chairman of the Conservative Animal Welfare Group, and Meryl Harrison, former Chief Inspector with the Zimbabwe Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), honoured for bravery by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, the BBC in the UK and th
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Alby Mangels
Australian documentarian
Alby Mangels | |
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Mangels in Cleo Magazine 1985 | |
| Born | (1948-11-16) 16 November 1948 (age 76) Netherlands |
| Occupation(s) | Adventurer, narrator and documentary film-maker |
| Known for | World Safari films and “Adventure Bound” series of documentary films |
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Zwier Albertus "Alby" Mangels (born 16 November 1948) is an Australian adventurer and documentary film-maker widely remembered for his World Safari adventure travel films (World Safari, World Safari II, and World Safari III).[1]
Early life
[edit]Mangels was born in the Netherlands on 16 November 1948.[2] His father Johannes (Jos) was a leather tanner. The family moved to Australia in 1955 where they settled in Adelaide, South Australia.
After about eighteen months in Australia his parents separated.[2] His mother Adrianna (Sjann) remarried but died when he was