Robert Drew
- Production
- February 15, 1924 · Toledo, Ohio, USA
- July 30, 2014
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
- Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance · Self
- Ricky on Leacock · Self
- A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy · Writer, Director
- For Auction: An American Hero · Director, Producer
- 784 Days That Changed America: From Watergate to Resignation · Producer, Writer
- Who's Out There? · Producer, Director
- On the Road with Duke Ellington · Director, Executive producer
- The Sun Ship Game · Director, Producer
- Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America · Executive producer
- The New Met: Countdown to Curtain · Producer, Director
- Storm Signal · Director
- Faces of November · Director, Executive producer
- Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment · Director, Executive producer
- The Chair · Correspondent, Director
- Blackie · Executive producer
- Jane · Executive producer
- Nehru · Producer
- Susan Starr · Executive producer
- Aga Khan · Producer
- On the Pole: Eddie Sachs · Producer
- Adventures on the New Frontier · Executive producer
- David · Executive producer
- Primary · Self, Director
- ABC Close-Up! · Executive producer, Producer
- ABC Close-Up: Yanki, No! · Director, Producer
- American Football · Producer, Director
- David · Producer