Robert Drew
Born: 1924-02-15 in Toledo, Ohio, USA
Died: 2014-07-30
Known For: Production
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
2016
2012
- Ricky on Leacock as Self
2008
1986
- For Auction: An American Hero ... (Director)
1982
- 784 Days That Changed America: From Watergate to Resignation ... (Producer)
1975
- Who's Out There? ... (Producer)
1974
- On the Road with Duke Ellington ... (Director)
1971
- The Sun Ship Game ... (Director)
1969
- Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America ... (Executive Producer)
1966
- The New Met: Countdown to Curtain ... (Producer)
- Storm Signal ... (Director)
1964
- Faces of November ... (Director)
1963
- Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment ... (Director)
- The Chair ... (Director)
1962
- Jane ... (Executive Producer)
- Nehru ... (Producer)
- Susan Starr ... (Executive Producer)
1961
- Aga Khan ... (Producer)
- David ... (Executive Producer)
- Adventures on the New Frontier ... (Executive Producer)
- On the Pole: Eddie Sachs ... (Producer)
1960
- Primary as Self
- Yanki No! ... (Director)
- ABC Close-Up! ... (Executive Producer)
1957
- American Football ... (Producer)