Robert Drew
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Robert Drew

Born 15 February 1924 · Toledo, Ohio, USA · Died 30 July 2014

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

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Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
Faces of November
ABC Close-Up: Yanki, No!
Who's Out There?
The Chair
ABC Close-Up!
A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy
On the Pole: Eddie Sachs
Storm Signal
Nehru
The New Met: Countdown to Curtain
A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy
Who's Out There?
The New Met: Countdown to Curtain
Storm Signal
Faces of November
The Chair
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
Nehru
On the Pole: Eddie Sachs
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ABC Close-Up: Yanki, No!
Robert Drew · Midrow