Robert Drew

Robert Drew

Personal information

Known for
Production
Known credits
27
Gender
Male
Born
February 15, 1924
Died
July 30, 2014
Place of birth
Toledo, Ohio, USA
Also known as
Robert Lincoln 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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Popular

Primary
Movie
1960

Primary

Movie · 1960

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
Movie
1963

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

Movie · 1963

Faces of November
Movie
1964

Faces of November

Movie · 1964

Adventures on the New Frontier
Movie
1961

Adventures on the New Frontier

Movie · 1961

ABC Close-Up: Yanki, No!
Movie
1960

ABC Close-Up: Yanki, No!

Movie · 1960

Who's Out There?
Movie
1975

Who's Out There?

Movie · 1975

Filmography

Production

23 titles

Directing

13 titles

Acting

4 titles

Writing

4 titles

Sound

1 titles

Editing

1 titles

Crew

1 titles