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Robert Drew

Production · 1924–2014 · Toledo, Ohio, USA

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

Known for

Filmography

2016Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of ToleranceSelf
2012Ricky on LeacockSelf
2008A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. KennedyWriter
1986For Auction: An American HeroDirector
1982784 Days That Changed America: From Watergate to ResignationProducer
1975Who's Out There?Producer
1974On the Road with Duke EllingtonDirector
1971The Sun Ship GameDirector
1969Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of AmericaExecutive Producer
1966The New Met: Countdown to CurtainProducer
1966Storm SignalDirector
1964Faces of NovemberDirector
1963Crisis: Behind a Presidential CommitmentDirector
1963The ChairCorrespondent
1962BlackieExecutive Producer
1962JaneExecutive Producer
1962NehruProducer
1962Susan StarrExecutive Producer
1961Aga KhanProducer
1961On the Pole: Eddie SachsProducer
1961Adventures on the New FrontierExecutive Producer
1961DavidExecutive Producer
1960PrimarySelf
1960ABC Close-Up!Writer
1960ABC Close-Up: Yanki, No!Director
1957American FootballProducer
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