Brian Moser

Moser was born in London to Charlie Moser, a businessman from a wool merchant family in Bradford, and Eliza Moser (née Henderson), an artist from Chile who had been educated in Britain.[1]

Moser studied geology at Cambridge University and later traveled to Colombia with anthropologist Donald Tayler to document the music of indigenous tribes.[1] His work caught the attention of Granada TV, and he was subsequently recruited for World in Action.[1]

Moser married anthropologist Caroline Shephard in 1967, with whom he conceptualized the Disappearing World film series.[1][2] The couple divorced in 1982, and Moser later married Colombian soprano Marina Tafur.[1] Due to his contributions to visual anthropology, he was granted honorary citizenship in Colombia.[1]

Moser's Disappearing World series, which began in 1970, chronicled indigenous communities facing external challenges.[1][2]

Moser's 1967 investigative film End of a Revolution explored the circumstances of Che Guevara's death.[1][2] Produced alongside his then-wife, Caroline Shephard, the film suggested that Guevara was captured alive and later killed, drawing attention from the CIA.[1]

In 1976, Moser created Frontier for Central TV, focusing on marginalized societal groups.[1]

Moser also covered significant events, including Régis Debray's trial and, in 1985, an interview with the protectors of Nazi Josef Mengele in Brazil for the documentary The Search for Mengele.[1]

Various institutions, including Colombian archives, the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, and the British Museum, house parts of Moser's work.[1] Moser died in 2023 at the age of 88 from heart complications.[1]