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Robert Drew

Born
Feb 15, 1924 · Aged 90
Died
Jul 30, 2014
Place of birth
Toledo, Ohio, USA
Gender
Male
Movie credits
4
TV credits
0
Directing credits
13
Also known as (1)
  • 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. Wikipedia · Text…