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Robert Drew

Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born February 15, 1924Died July 30, 2014 (90 years)
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.

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Known For

  • Primary
  • Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
  • Faces of November
  • Who's Out There?
  • Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment
  • The Chair
  • American Experience

Filmography

1988
1988
1975
1969
Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America · as Executive Producer
1964
Faces of November · as Executive Producer
1963
1963
The Chair · as Executive Producer
1961
1961
Adventures on the New Frontier · as Executive Producer
1960
1959

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