Polyphemus

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-02-15 (101 years old)

Place of Birth

Toledo, Ohio, USA

Robert Drew

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.

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Known For

Acting

2016

2012

1960

Primary as Self

Directing

1971

The Sun Ship Game as Director

1964

Faces of November as Director

1960

Primary as Director
Yanki No! as Director

1957

American Football as Director

Production

1975

Who's Out There? as Producer

1974

On the Road with Duke Ellington as Executive Producer

1971

The Sun Ship Game as Producer

1969

1964

Faces of November as Executive Producer

1963

The Chair as Executive Producer

1962

Nehru as Producer
Jane as Executive Producer
Susan Starr as Executive Producer

1961

Aga Khan as Producer
Adventures on the New Frontier as Executive Producer

1960

Yanki No! as Producer
Primary as Producer
ABC Close-Up! as Executive Producer
ABC Close-Up! as Producer

1957

American Football as Producer

Sound

1960

Primary as Sound Recordist

Editing

1960

Primary as Editorial Manager

Crew

1963

The Chair as Cinematography

Writing

1960

Primary as Writer
ABC Close-Up! as Writer