Robert Drew

Also Known As: Robert Lincoln 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. Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license

Department: Production

Place of Birth: Toledo, Ohio, USA

Adult: No

Birthday: February 15, 1924

Age: 101 years old

Gender: Male

Deathday: July 30, 2014

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Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance