Robert Drew

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Known ForProduction
Born1924-02-15
BirthplaceToledo, Ohio, USA

Robert Drew

Production

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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Filmography

Acting (4)

2012
1963
The Chairas Correspondent
7.5
1960
Primaryas Self
6.5

Production & Directing (41)

1975
6.8
1975
6.8
1974
1971
1971
1966
Storm SignalDirector
7.0
1964
6.3
1964
Faces of NovemberExecutive Producer
6.3
1963
The ChairDirector
7.5
1963
The ChairExecutive Producer
7.5
1963
The ChairCinematography
7.5
1962
BlackieExecutive Producer
1962
JaneExecutive Producer
6.5
1962
NehruProducer
1962
Susan StarrExecutive Producer
1961
Aga KhanProducer
10.0
1961
5.5
1961
DavidExecutive Producer
1960
PrimaryDirector
6.5
1960
PrimarySound Recordist
6.5
1960
PrimaryEditorial Manager
6.5
1960
PrimaryWriter
6.5
1960
PrimaryProducer
6.5
1957
1957
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DavidProducer
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