Robert Drew

Robert Drew

  • Birthday: 1924-02-15
  • Deathday: 2014-07-30
  • Place of birth: Toledo, Ohio, USA
  • Also know as: Robert Lincoln Drew

Biography

Robert Lincoln Drew was an American documentary filmmaker known as one of the pioneers—and sometimes called father—of cinéma vérité, or direct cinema, in the United States. Two of his films are archived in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. The moving image collection of Robert Drew is housed at the Academy Film Archive. The Academy Film Archive has preserved a number of his films, including "Faces of November," "Herself: Indira Gandhi," and "Bravo!/Kathy's Dance". His many awards include an International Documentary Association Career Achievement Award. Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license

Filmography

Production

Primary

1960

As Director

The Sun Ship Game

1971

As Director

The Chair

1963

As Director

Faces of November

1964

As Director

Who's Out There?

1975

As Producer

Adventures on the New Frontier

1961

As Executive Producer

Primary

1960

As Writer

Primary

1960

As Producer

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

1963

As Executive Producer

The Sun Ship Game

1971

As Producer

Faces of November

1964

As Executive Producer

On the Pole: Eddie Sachs

1961

As Producer

Storm Signal

1966

As Director

Susan Starr

1962

As Executive Producer

On the Road with Duke Ellington

1974

As Executive Producer

Yanki No!

1960

As Producer

Yanki No!

1960

As Director

Nehru

1962

As Producer

American Football

1957

As Producer

American Football

1957

As Director

Jane

1962

As Executive Producer

Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

1969

As Executive Producer

Primary

1960

As Sound Recordist

Primary

1960

As Editorial Manager

The Chair

1963

As Executive Producer

The Chair

1963

As Cinematography

Aga Khan

1961

As Producer

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