Robert Drew

Robert Drew

Deceased · Born: Feb 15, 1924 · Died: Jul 30, 2014

Personal Details

BornFeb 15, 1924 Toledo, Ohio, USA
Spouse
  • Anne Gilbert

    ( May 18, 2024 to Apr 12, 2012 )
  • First Wife

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

Career

2011
1960
Primary
Primary
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2008
A President to Remember
A President to Remember as Director
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1974
On the Road with Duke Ellington
1971
The Sun Ship Game
The Sun Ship Game as Director
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1966
Storm Signal
Storm Signal as Director
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1964
Faces of November
Faces of November as Director
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1963
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
The Chair
The Chair as Director
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1960
ABC Close-Up!
ABC Close-Up! as Director
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Primary as Director, Writer
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