Des Bartlett

{{Short description|Australian documentary filmmaker (1927–2009)}} {{Use Australian English|date = April 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

'''Norman Desmond Bartlett''' (2 April 1927 – 12 September 2009) was an Australia filmmaker who worked on nature documentary series such as ''Survival''.

== Early life == Bartlett was born on 2 April 1927 at Canungra, Queensland, Australia. His father had Australia's largest collection of butterflies and introduced Bartlett to natural history.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/close-encounters-of-the-natural-kind-20091115-igca.html|title=Close encounters of the natural kind: Des Bartlett, 1937-2009|date=16 November 2009|work=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=20 April 2019}}</ref>

==Works== *''Flight of the Snow Geese'' (1972)

== Awards == He was married to fellow filmmaker Jen Bartlett. They were jointly awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Cherry Kearton Medal and Award in 1974.<ref name="RGS">{{cite web|url=http://www.rgs.org/NR/rdonlyres/5733E422-4831-4451-B7D8-052E80E8CD75/0/MedalWinners19702012.pdf|title=Medals and Awards|publisher=Royal Geographical Society|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002055718/http://www.rgs.org/NR/rdonlyres/5733E422-4831-4451-B7D8-052E80E8CD75/0/MedalWinners19702012.pdf|archive-date=2 October 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=28 September 2013|df=dmy}}</ref>

==See also== *Survival (TV series)

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== External links == *{{IMDb name|2148703}} *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080820020610/http://www.wildfilmhistory.org/person/86/Des+Bartlett.html Des Bartlett's WildFilmHistory bio]}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bartlett, Des}} Category:1927 births Category:2009 deaths Category:Australian film producers