Who is Hugo from My Life with the Chimpanzees and what is their importance?

Hugo was a Dutch documentary filmmaker. He shared Goodall's passion for animals and filmed a documentary on Goodall while working for the National Geographic Society. Hugo's documentaries were largely responsible for popularizing Goodall's scientific work and advocacy of chimpanzees. The couple fell in love, married, and later had a son, Hugo Lewis. The couple divorced in the late 1970s.