1969Nominee
Best Picture
Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America
Robert Drew
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Toledo, Ohio, USA
February 15, 1924
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
Photo
Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1961Nominee
Best Picture
David
1960Nominee
Best Performance
Primary
Career Highlights
1962Highlight
Best Picture
Jane
2008Highlight
Best Writing
A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy
Video
Primary
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment