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Robert Drew

Known For

Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

Feb 15, 1924 (102 years old)

Place of Birth

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

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