Person Details

Birthday: 1924-02-15 21:26:04

Death: 2014-07-30 21:26:04

Aliases: Robert Lincoln Drew

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Toledo, Ohio, USA

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Movie Involvements: 38

TV Involvements: 4


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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

Most Famous Work

ABC Close-Up!
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ABC Close-Up!

(1960) Producer
The Bell Telephone Hour
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The Bell Telephone Hour

(1959) Producer
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Primary

(1960) Writer
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
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Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

(1963) Executive Producer
Faces of November
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Faces of November

(1964) Executive Producer
The Chair
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The Chair

(1963) Executive Producer
Storm Signal
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Storm Signal

(1966) Director
Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America
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Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

(1969) Executive Producer

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1963 Cinematography
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Editing

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1960 Editorial Manager
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Sound

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1960 Sound Recordist
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