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Production

Known Credits

3

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-02-15

Deathday

2014-07-30 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Toledo, Ohio, USA

Also Known As

  • Robert Lincoln Drew

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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Crew

1963
The Chair as Cinematography

Directing

2008
A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy as Director
1986
For Auction: An American Hero as Director
1974
On the Road with Duke Ellington as Director
1971
The Sun Ship Game as Director
1966
The New Met: Countdown to Curtain as Director
1966
Storm Signal as Director
1964
Faces of November as Director
1963
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment as Director
1963
The Chair as Director
1960
Primary as Director
1960
Yanki No! as Director
1957
American Football as Director

Editing

1960
Primary as Editorial Manager

Production

1986
For Auction: An American Hero as Producer
1982
784 Days That Changed America: From Watergate to Resignation as Producer
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
Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America as Executive Producer
1966
The New Met: Countdown to Curtain as Producer
1964
Faces of November as Executive Producer
1963
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment as Executive Producer
1963
The Chair as Executive Producer
1962
Jane as Executive Producer
1962
Nehru as Producer
1962
Susan Starr as Executive Producer
1961
Aga Khan as Producer
1961
On the Pole: Eddie Sachs as Producer
1961
Adventures on the New Frontier as Executive Producer
1960
Primary as Producer
1960
ABC Close-Up! as Producer
1960
ABC Close-Up! as Executive Producer
1960
Yanki No! as Producer
1957
American Football as Producer

Sound

1960
Primary as Sound Recordist
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