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Robert Drew

Robert Drew is best known for ABC Close-Up!. Robert Drew was born on February 15, 1924. Robert Drew died on July 30, 2014 at the age of 90.

Born: February 15, 1924
Place of birth: Toledo, Ohio, USA
Died: July 30, 2014 (90 years old)

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.

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