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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Acting (1 movie)
Directing (12 movies)
Primary
1960
American Football
1957
The Sun Ship Game
1971
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
1963
On the Road with Duke Ellington
1974
For Auction: An American Hero
1986
The Chair
1963
Faces of November
1964
Yanki No!
1960
A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy
2008
The New Met: Countdown to Curtain
1966
Storm Signal
1966
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| American Football | 1957 | Producer |
| Yanki No! | 1960 | Producer |
| Primary | 1960 | Producer |
| Primary | 1960 | Writer |
| David | 1961 | Executive Producer |
| Adventures on the New Frontier | 1961 | Executive Producer |
| On the Pole: Eddie Sachs | 1961 | Producer |
| Aga Khan | 1961 | Producer |
| Nehru | 1962 | Producer |
| Susan Starr | 1962 | Executive Producer |
| Jane | 1962 | Executive Producer |
| The Chair | 1963 | Executive Producer |
| Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment | 1963 | Executive Producer |
| Faces of November | 1964 | Executive Producer |
| The New Met: Countdown to Curtain | 1966 | Producer |
| Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America | 1969 | Executive Producer |
| The Sun Ship Game | 1971 | Producer |
| On the Road with Duke Ellington | 1974 | Executive Producer |
| Who's Out There? | 1975 | Producer |
| 784 Days That Changed America: From Watergate to Resignation | 1982 | Producer |
| 784 Days That Changed America: From Watergate to Resignation | 1982 | Writer |
| For Auction: An American Hero | 1986 | Producer |
| A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy | 2008 | Writer |