
David Attenborough
Biography
Sir David Attenborough (born May 8, 1926) is a broadcaster and naturalist. His career as the respected face and voice of natural history programmes has endured for more than 50 years. He is best known for writing and presenting the nine "Life" series, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, which collectively form a comprehensive survey of all life on the planet. He is also a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s.
He is the younger brother of director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough.
Acting (136 movies)

Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep
2018

Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
2009

Survival Island
1996

A TV Dante
1990

Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden
1999

Hotel Armadillo
2017

Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places
2014

Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment
2017

Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting
2020

Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss
1996

The Mating Game
2013

Attenborough’s Journey
2021

Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster
2024

Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
2011

The Private Life of Plants
1995

Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction
2000

The Song of the Earth
2000

Attenborough the Controller
2002

Attenborough's Ark
2012

Attenborough's Big Birds
2015

Attenborough's Wonder of Song
2022

Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard
2021

Leopard: The Agent of Darkness
1997

Islands of the Vampire Birds
1999

Elsa the Lioness
1961

Zoo Quest to West Africa
1955

Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea
1993

Attenborough and the Giant Egg
2011

Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough
2006

Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link
2009

A Blank on the Map
1971

The Amber Time Machine
2004

Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough
2022

The Penguin King
2012

Parkinson at 50
2021

Attenborough's Journey
2010

Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
2012

Great Natural Wonders of the World
2002

The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003

Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats
2016

Attenborough at 90
2016

Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002

Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest
2007

David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive
2014

Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth
2008

When Björk Met Attenborough
2013

Galapagos with David Attenborough
2013

Deep Blue
2003

Fabulous Frogs
2014

Secret Lives of Orangutans
2024

A War on Science
2006

Attenborough's Paradise Birds
2015

Africa's Fishing Leopards
2015

Tiger: The Elusive Princess
1999

Tales of Television Centre
2012

Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast
2017

The Trials of Life
1990

Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur
2016

Great Mammoth Mystery
2022

The Dragons of Galapagos
1998

The Lost Gods of Easter Island
2000

Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens
2016

Zoo Quest in Colour
2016

Attenborough's Life That Glows
2016

David Attenborough Meets President Obama
2015

Aliens From Inner Space
1983

The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai
2019

Superfish: Bluefin Tuna
2012

Desert Seas
2011

David Attenborough: A Life on Earth
2023

Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers
2012

Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks
2015

Attenborough and the Giant Elephant
2017

And the Winner Isn't
2017

A Zed & Two Noughts
1985

Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
2018

Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs
2018

The Queen's Green Planet
2018

Animal House
2011

Bears: Spy in the Woods
2004

The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth
1999

Satoyama II: Japan's Secret Watergarden
2004

Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal
2018

Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television
2002

Lions: Spy in the Den
2000

Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench
2018

David Attenborough's Tasmania
2018

Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV
2010

Björk: Biophilia Live
2014

Climate Change: The Facts
2019

Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder
2017

Our Planet: Behind the Scenes
2019

Wild Karnataka
2019

Whale Wisdom
2018

Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy
2020

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
2020

The Forum
2019

Dragons and Damsels
2019

Into the Jungle
2018

Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific
2015
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Zoo Quest to West Africa | 1955 | Writer | 
| Zoo Quest to West Africa | 1955 | Producer | 
| Elsa the Lioness | 1961 | Producer | 
| A Blank on the Map | 1971 | Screenplay | 
| Survival Island | 1996 | Writer | 
| Attenborough in Paradise | 1996 | Writer | 
| Islands of the Vampire Birds | 1999 | Writer | 
| The Song of the Earth | 2000 | Writer | 
| The Lost Gods of Easter Island | 2000 | Screenplay | 
| Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction | 2000 | Writer | 
| Deep Blue | 2003 | Writer | 
| Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life | 2009 | Writer | 
| Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | 2011 | Writer | 
| Attenborough's Ark | 2012 | Writer | 
| Galapagos with David Attenborough | 2013 | Writer | 
| David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive | 2014 | Writer | 
| Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants | 2017 | Writer |