Alby Mangels: The Adventure Documentary Pioneer - Ep. 8

Описание: Check out how Alby Mangels pioneered the adventure documentary genre before Steve Irwin and Bear Grylls. Specifically, learn how his childhood played a role in his life and how this thread runs through every icon we meet in the groundbreaking series.

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► About Alby Mangels
Alby Mangels is an Australian hero widely known for pioneering the adventure documentary genre. With no training in filmmaking and just $400 in his pocket, he travelled to over 50 countries on an unplanned adventure capturing amazing footage along the way. His first film, World Safari 1, became a surprise hit when released in 1977. And six years later, he did it again with World Safari 2 which instantly shot him to all-time legend status. He released World Safari 3 in 1988, finishing the trilogy which changed the way Australians saw the world and paved the way for others like Steve Irwin and Bear Grylls to follow.

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► Background to the Episode
We switched gears after meeting the investment banker, Simon McKeon, in Melbourne and drove to the town of Meningie outside of Adelaide. It was here that Alby used landmarks to direct us to his remote home putting us on an adventure of our own.

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► About The Thread
Two mates sit down with 10 iconic Australians to figure out how they broke away from the pack. Hugh and Jack seek out leaders of wide-ranging fields: adventure, sport, business, philanthropy, medicine, law and literature to uncover the common thread that binds them.

The interview subjects are household names famed for remarkable and well-told stories, but rarely have they been asked how they did it, how they define success and whether anyone can do what they've done.

Armed with meticulous research and uncomfortably simple questions, we elicit intriguing, inspiring and often unexpected insights from an eclectic bunch of trailblazers.

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► Questions we Ask Alby Mangels
1. 2:49 A lot of people might have assumed that you stumbled into a career as a documentary maker. How conscious were you of the film when you set off on your adventure?

2. 5:07 How important is it to be able to sell and to have general salesmanship skills?

3. 6:00 How did you know that it was worthwhile putting so many eggs in one basket?

4. 8:01 Do you believe you have been successful?

5. 9:04 While you were young, your mother passed away and you were estranged from your father. Do you attribute the independence that that gave you to any of your success?

6. 12:42 After World Safari III didn't fare well, you were left pretty much bankrupt. How did you get back up from that hit?

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