Robert Drew

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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

Career Overview

Robert Drew has 45 screen credits in a career dating back to 1957. Signature works include David, For Auction: An American Hero, 784 Days That Changed America: From Watergate to Resignation. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

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Gender
male
Known Credits
45
Birth Date
1924-02-15 00:00:00
Birth Place
Toledo, Ohio, USA

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