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Alby Mangels

Australian documentarian

Alby Mangels

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Born () 16 November (age&#;76)

Netherlands

Occupation(s)Adventurer, narrator and documentary film-maker
Known&#;forWorld Safari films and “Adventure Bound” series of documentary films
Parents
  • Johannes Mangels (father)
  • Adrianna (mother)

Zwier Albertus "Alby" Mangels (born 16 November ) 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

Mangels was born in the Netherlands on 16 November [2] His father Johannes (Jos) was a leather tanner.

The family moved to Australia in where they settled in Adelaide, South Australia.

Alby mangels biography of barack All All. Sign In. Zwier Albertus Mangels. Beginning during the production of World Safari Two, Alby and his sister, Maria Snel, founded DAD Disabled And Disadvantaged children and through this charity Alby designed a revolutionary new wheelchair that gave greater independence to paraplegics for decades to come and went on to win several design awards. In more recent times Alby has been involved with building projects and feeding programs for the homeless and hungry in Micronesia.

After about eighteen months in Australia his parents separated.[2] His mother Adrianna (Sjann) remarried but died when he was fifteen. He left school at fourteen.[3]

As a teenager, he undertook a wide variety of professions including chicken farming and house construction.[3]

Mangels set off in with friend John Fields on what was supposed to be a one-off trip.

It turned into a six-year odyssey which they filmed through several continents. The resulting film, first shown in Australia in , was a significant success. Mangels continued to travel through the s, filming all the way.

Biography of barack obama Mangels was born in the Netherlands on 16 November His father Johannes Jos was a leather tanner. The family moved to Australia in where they settled in Adelaide , South Australia. After about eighteen months in Australia his parents separated. His mother Adrianna Sjann remarried but died when he was fifteen.

Two more World Safari films were made from this subsequent material.[1]

Mangels and Fields often spent time living with local inhabitants in many locations, frequently working for room and board or just to get to know the local culture of each area.

Biographies

A companion book to the films, Alby Mangels' World Safari, was published in the s.

Lynn Santer authored Mangels's authorised biography Beyond World Safari in [2] There are also reports that a feature-length Mangels biographical film is in production with multi-awarded Hollywood veteran producer Paul Mason and in he was rumoured to have been approached to appear on Dancing with the Stars.[4]

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