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Robert Drew

Robert Drew

Producer · 1924–2014 · Toledo, Ohio, USA

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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. Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license

Produced 16

1970s

  1. 1975

    Who's Out There?

    Producer

1960s

  1. 1969

    Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

    Executive Producer

  2. 1966

    The New Met: Countdown to Curtain

    Producer

  3. 1964

    Faces of November

    Executive Producer

  4. 1963
  5. The Chair

    Executive Producer

  6. 1962

    Blackie

    Executive Producer

  7. Jane

    Executive Producer

  8. Nehru

    Producer

  9. Susan Starr

    Executive Producer

  10. 1961

    On the Pole: Eddie Sachs

    Producer

  11. Adventures on the New Frontier

    Executive Producer

  12. David

    Executive Producer

  13. 1960
  14. ABC Close-Up!

    Executive Producer, Producer

  15. ABC Close-Up: Yanki, No!

    Producer

Directed 9

2000s

  1. 2008

    A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy

    Director

1970s

  1. 1975

    Who's Out There?

    Director

1960s

  1. 1966

    The New Met: Countdown to Curtain

    Director

  2. Storm Signal

    Director

  3. 1964

    Faces of November

    Director

  4. 1963
  5. The Chair

    Director

  6. 1960
  7. ABC Close-Up: Yanki, No!

    Director

Wrote 3

2000s

  1. 2008

    A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy

    Writer

1960s

  1. 1960
  2. ABC Close-Up!

    Writer

Acted in 1

1960s

  1. 1963

    The Chair

    Correspondent

Sound 1

Edited 1

Other crew 1

1960s

  1. 1963

    The Chair

    Cinematography

Appearances1

1960s

  1. 1960