Born on this day – Dian Fossey:

Dian Fossey

Primatologist

Conservationist

Writer

Director

January 16, 1932 – December 26, 1985

Credits:

Written work:

A Forest in the Clouds: My Year Among the Mountain Gorillas in the Remote Enclave of Dian Fossey (2018); An amiable giant: Fuertes's gorilla (1982); Gorillas in the Mist (1983); Living with Mountain Gorillas (1972); Mountain gorilla research, 1969–1970 (1978); Mountain gorilla research, 1971–1972 (1980); Mountain gorilla research, 1974 (1982); Observations on the home range of one group of mountain gorillas (1974); The Behaviour of the Mountain Gorilla (1976); Vocalizations of the mountain Gorilla (1972).

Movies and television:

30 Years of National Geographic Specials (1995); A Mother's Love: Rosamond Carr and a Lifetime in Rwanda (2010); All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011); Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist (2017); Einstein (2020); Final Days of an Icon (2006); Fouloscopie (2019); Gorillas in the Mist (1988); Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (1978–2007); National Geographic Specials (1971–2003); Nature (1986); Quest's World of Wonder (2021); Six femmes sur la planète des grands singes (2020); The American Sportsman (1980); The Emotional World of Farm Animals (2004); The Nature of Things (2019); The Real... (1998); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1985); The World About Us (1976 / 1981); Universum (2004).