The Grizzly King

James Oliver Curwood, (1878-1927), was an American novelist and conservationist. . In 1988 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, "The Grizzly King" to make the film The Bear. Annaud's success generated a renewed interest in Curwood's stories that resulted in five more films being produced in 1994 and 1995.