Robert Drew
- Born
- February 15, 1924 · Toledo, Ohio, USA
- Died
- July 30, 2014
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
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
Filmography · 17 credits
- 2012Ricky on Leacock · Actor
- 2011The Camera That Changed the World · Self (Self)
- 2008A President to Remember · Director
- 2008A President to Remember · Writer
- 2005From Two Men and a War · Self (Self)
- 2005From Two Men and a War · Director
- 2005From Two Men and a War · Editor
- 1974On the Road with Duke Ellington · Director
- 1971The Sun Ship Game · Producer
- 1971The Sun Ship Game · Director
- 1966Storm Signal · Director
- 1963The Chair · Cinematographer
- 1963The Chair · Director
- 1960Primary · Director
- 1960Primary · Writer
- 1960Primary · Self (Self)
- 1960Primary · Producer