Robert Drew

Robert Drew

Robert Lincoln Drew

Birth Date

2/15/1924 (Age 90)

Birth Place

Toledo, Ohio, USA

Death Date

7/30/2014

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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

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Gender

Male

Total Credits

6

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Directing

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Frequent Collaborators

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

3 films together

Richard Leacock

Richard Leacock

3 films together

Hubert H. Humphrey

Hubert H. Humphrey

3 films together

Albert Maysles

Albert Maysles

3 films together

Jacqueline Kennedy

Jacqueline Kennedy

3 films together

Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy

3 films together

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