
Person
Robin Lehman
Directing · Born 1936-12-03
Biography
Robin Lehman is an American documentary filmmaker best known for his short films Don't and The End of the Game, which received consecutive Academy Awards for Best Documentary (Short Subject). Lehman originally studied painting and worked in graphic art before moving to Paris to study musical composition, eventually transitioning to documentary film. His subjects ranged from African wildlife to monarch butterflies to sea creatures to hot glass to strange pets to “what's good about growing old?” His films have won over 150 major awards worldwide at many of the major film festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Chicago, Melbourne, San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles.
Known for

Tommy
Director of Photography

Metropolitan Cats
Director

Forever Young
Director

Manimals
Director

The Black Pearl
Director of Photography

Hotspot
Cinematography

Sea Creatures
Director

SEE
Director

Experimental
Producer

Don't
Director
Filmography
- 1985EthiopiaDirector
- 1983Metropolitan CatsDirector
- 1981Forever YoungDirector
- 1981The Little PlayersDirector
- 1978ManimalsDirector
- 1977The Black PearlDirector of Photography
- 1976The End of the GameDirector
- 1976NightlifeWriter
- 1975TommyDirector of Photography
- 1975Don'tDirector
- 1975SEEDirector
- 1974Sea CreaturesDirector
- 1974HotspotCinematography
- 1974ExperimentalProducer
- 1973Wings and ThingsDirector
- 1973UndercurrentsDirector
- 1973Colter's HellDirector
- 1972FlyawayDirector
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