David Frederick Attenborough was born on May 8, 1926 in London. In addition to David, two more boys grew up in the Attenborough family: Richard, David's older brother, who later also became a director and actor, and John, the younger brother, who took place as the executive director of a prestigious automobile company. In addition, during World War II, the parents adopted two Jewish refugee girls from Europe.

David attended the University College campus, where his father was an academician and director.

From childhood, David showed interest in natural phenomena, already at the age of 7 he had a whole collection of stones and fossils, from which, if desired, he could create a museum. It was the picturesque landscapes of childhood, interest in history and natural sciences that led Attenborough to the status of one of the most famous and respected naturalists in the world.

David was educated at Wyggeston, a boys' gymnasium. He then won a scholarship to study at Clare College, Cambridge, where he studied geology and zoology. There, the young man received his doctorate in natural sciences. In 1947, David was drafted into the national army, and he served two years honorably in the Royal Navy.

After service, in 1950, 24-year-old David married Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel, to whom he remained faithful for many years until the end of her life. In their marriage, two children were born.

After the army, David began working at a publishing house, where he edited children's popular science books. Then he got a job at BBC radio. In 1952, David was at the forefront of the birth of the now popular BBC television channel. For the first time in the frame, he appeared on the TV show "The Pattern of Animals", which he filmed at the London Zoo with the famous naturalist Julian Huxley. Gradually, David's programs, which he conducted from different parts of the world, telling about animals and natural phenomena in an accessible language, became more and more popular. In 1967, BBC Two became the UK's first color television broadcast. And from 1969 to 1972, David was the director of this channel's programs.

His famous series "Life ...", immersing the viewer into the main issues of biology, David began to embody back in 1979. Subsequently, he released about 90 series of brilliant documentaries - "Life on Earth" (1979), "Life in the Freezer" (1993) and many others.

For fifty years David Attenborough remained one of the most respected documentary filmmakers. His transmissions have become a benchmark for quality in wildlife cinema and have influenced a generation of documentary filmmakers (BBC: Living Planet, 1984, BBC: The Invisible Life of Plants, 1995, BBC: Birds of Paradise, 1996, BBC: Living With cold blood ", 2008," BBC: The Freezing Planet ", 2011 and others).

For his work, David has a bunch of international awards. He is recognized and respected. Back in 1985, David was knighted, he is also a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, the Royal Victorian Order, the Order of the Knights of Honor and the Order of Merit.

“If people lose knowledge, sympathy and understanding of the natural world, they will mistreat it and will not ask their politicians to take care of this world ... Most of all I am worried in our future that people are losing touch with the natural world”, - confesses Sir Attenborough.