Robert Drew
b. 1924 — d. 2014 (aged 90)
Toledo, Ohio, USA
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
Known For
Filmography
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Ricky on Leacock
2012 Actor
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★ 7.8
The Camera That Changed the World
2011 Self
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★ 7.3
A President to Remember
2008 Director
Writer
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★ 7.8
From Two Men and a War
2005 Self
Director
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Television in America: An Autobiography
2002 Self
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★ 6.6
Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment
1999 Actor
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★ 8.6
American Experience
1988 Director
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For Auction: An American Hero
1986 Director
Writer
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784 Days That Changed America: From Watergate to Resignation
1982 Writer
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★ 7.6
On the Road with Duke Ellington
1974 Director
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★ 8.3
The Sun Ship Game
1971 Director
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★ 8.3
The World About Us
1967 Director
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★ 8.1
Storm Signal
1966 Director
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★ 7.2
Faces of November
1964 Director
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★ 7.7
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
1963 Director
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★ 7.3
The Chair
1963 Director
Cinematographer
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★ 7.1
Primary
1960 Self
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★ 5.7
ABC News Close-Up
1960 Director
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★ 7.7
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959 Director