Alby Mangels

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Alby Mangels
Alby Mangels in Cleo Magazine (Australia).jpg
Mangels in Cleo Magazine 1985
Born (1948-11-16) 16 November 1948 (age 77)
Netherlands
OccupationsAdventurer, 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 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]

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Early life and education

Zwier Albertus 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 Mount Burr, South Australia. [3] After about eighteen months in Australia his parents separated. [2] [3] His mother Adrianna (Sjann) remarried but died when he was fifteen. He left school at fourteen. [4]

As a teenager, he undertook a wide variety of professions, including chicken farming and house construction. [4]

Travel and filming

Mangels set off in 1971 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 1977, was a significant success. Mangels continued to travel through the 1980s, filming all the way. Two more World Safari films were made from this subsequent material. [1]

In April 1983, early colleague Judy Green was involved in an accident with a bus in Brazil and suffered serious head injuries. Formerly part of the Australian Sale Of The Century cast, she left Mangels' team to regain the ability to walk. [5]

Biographies

A companion book to the films, Alby Mangels' World Safari, was published in the 1980s.[ citation needed ]

Lynn Santer authored Mangels's authorised biography Beyond World Safari in 2007. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Crouch, Brad (18 November 2007). "A wild man finds peace". Herald Sun. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 Santer, Lynn (2007). The Alby Mangels Story: Beyond World Safari. Docklands, Victoria: JoJo Publishing. ISBN   978-0-9803547-5-1 . Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  3. 1 2 HASSALL, Greg (8 February 2026). "In rare interview, World Safari documentary-maker Alby Mangels reveals why he 'disappeared'". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  4. 1 2 Young, Annette (20 December 1984). "Brickie turned film maker salutes with another epic". The Age. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Safari to disaster". Canberra Times. 12 January 1985. p. 2.
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