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Hope Elaine Ryden (August 1, 1929 – June 18, 2017) was an American documentary producer and wildlife activist. She contributed to various publications including National Geographic, Audubon, Smithsonian, Defenders and The New York Times. [1]
Losing Hope Ryden is calamitous for the wild animals she loved so deeply, and whose lives she so intimately understood from her years with them in the wild. As a compassionate observer of their individuality, Hope was able to communicate their personhood even to people who didn’t agree that animals had any.
Hope Ryden was born on 1 August 1929 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. She was a producer, known for The Loving Story (2011), Jane (1962) and A President to Remember (2008). She died on 18 June 2017 in Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA.
- Producer, Additional Crew
- August 1, 1929
- Hope Ryden
- June 18, 2017
Hope Ryden passed away in June 2017. You can read Franz Camenzind’s moving tribute to Hope here, and below is more information about this tremendously accomplished and inspirational advocate of wildlife.
Hope Ryden. Lyons & Burford, 1990 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 333 pages. No wild animal captures the spirit of North America quite so powerfully as the wild horse -- nor does any face so many...
Jun 26, 2017 · Hope Ryden, whose lifelike photographs of North American beavers, coyotes, mustangs and other wildlife helped elevate them into poster animals for conservation campaigns, died on June 18 in...
Her photographs can be ordered through National Geographic's Image Collection. She also retains several thousand images at home, which can be ordered by contacting her Email address given elsewhere in this website.
