THE LION AND THE GIRAFFE: A NATURALIST'S LIFE IN THE MOVIE BUSINESS (ebook)

"He's a Hyphenate". That's Hollywood lingo for a person who has done more than one job on a film. Director-Writer-Cameraman-Producer-Naturalist, and Oscar nominee, Jack Couffer falls into that rare niche of multi-taskers who has done it all. He has made movies of many genres all over the world, but his specialty has been films with animals sharing the screen with human characters. Ring of Bright Water, Never Cry Wolf, Out of Africa, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and Living Free all bore the Couffer identity. This is the story of the pains and joys in making these and many other delightful films.   Leonard Maltin says: The author of this colorful memoir may not be a household name, but he's been involved in everything from Walt Disney's The Living Desert to Out of Africa, from Disney animal movies like The Incredible Journey to Never Cry Wolf...and he has great stories to tell. Couffer was a naturalist and a seaman before he ever thought of looking through a viewfinder. It was only by ch