Robert Drew

Production15th February 1924(died at 90)Toledo, Ohio, USA27 titles

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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Born

15th February 1924 · Toledo, Ohio, USA

Died

30th July 2014

Known for

Production

Also known as

Robert Lincoln Drew

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