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Robert Lincoln Drew (February 15, 1924 – July 30, 2014) 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.
2 days ago · Robert Drew was an American documentary filmmaker who significantly shaped the landscape of modern documentary filmmaking. Known as the father of American cinéma vérité, his work introduced the world to a more observational style of storytelling. His groundbreaking films, "Primary" and "Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment," have been ...
How did Robert Drew develop his reality filmmaking ideas in the first place? The short version of the story begins with a kid born in Toledo, Ohio who is energized by the impossible. Drew quit high school just shy of graduation to fight Germany in WWII and joined the U.S. Army Air Corps as its youngest fighter pilot.
Jul 31, 2014 · No filmmaker has changed his branch of cinema more drastically, enduringly, or quietly than did Robert Drew, who died yesterday, at the age of ninety.
Jul 31, 2014 · The pioneering documentary film-maker Robert Drew has died at the age of 90. Drew championed an observational style that avoided direct editing of subjects and the use of narrators. Known as...
Robert Drew was a filmmaker who developed the techniques of candid photography in motion pictures and produced influential documentaries such as "Primary" and "Crisis". He founded Drew Associates and worked with a group of journalists and filmmakers to create the foundation of cinema verite' in America.
A collection of films by Robert Drew, the pioneer of cinéma vérité, a documentary style that captures real life drama. The films include Primary, The Chair, On the Pole: Eddie Sachs, and more.
