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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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Birth Name
Robert Lincoln Drew
Born
Friday, 15 February 1924
Died
Wednesday, 30 July 2014
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Ricky on Leacock | Self | 2012 |
| From Two Men and a War | Self | 2005 |
| Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment | 2000 | |
| Primary | Self | 1960 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Ricky on Leacock | Self | 2012 |
| From Two Men and a War | Self | 2005 |
| Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment | 2000 | |
| Primary | Self | 1960 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| A President to Remember | 2008 |
| From Two Men and a War | 2005 |
| American Experience | 1988 |
| For Auction: An American Hero | 1986 |
| On the Road with Duke Ellington | 1974 |
| Faces of November | 1964 |
| Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment | 1963 |
| The Chair | 1963 |
| Primary | 1960 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| American Experience | 1988 |
| For Auction: An American Hero | 1986 |
| On the Road with Duke Ellington | 1974 |
| Faces of November | 1964 |
| Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment | 1963 |
| The Chair | 1963 |
| The Living Camera: Mooney vs. Fowle | 1962 |
| Jane | 1962 |
| Eddie | 1961 |
| Primary | 1960 |
| The Bell Telephone Hour | 1959 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1968 | Emmy | Outstanding Musical or Variety Series | Nominated |
