Biography
Robert Drew (1924, Toledo, OH, USA – 2014 Sharon, CT, USA) assembled a group of journalists and filmmakers – among them Richard Leacock, Gregory Shuker, D.A. Pennebaker, Albert Maysles, James Lipscomb, Hope Ryden, Mike Jackson, Anne Drew – developed editing techniques to allow stories to tell themselves through characters in action. Robert Drew expanded on his ideas by forming Drew Associates and producing films that have become known, along with Primary, as the foundation of cinéma vérité in America: On the Pole, Yanki No!, The Chair and Faces of November.
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Director
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| 1974 |
On the Road with Duke Ellington |
| Documentaries | |
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| 2008 |
President to Remember, A |
| 1987 |
American Experience (series) |
| 1964 |
Faces of November |
| 1963 |
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment |
The Chair |
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| 1960 |
ABC Close-Up! (series) |
On the Pole |
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Primary |
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Screenwriter
| Documentaries | |
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| 2008 |
President to Remember, A |
| 1960 |
On the Pole |
Producer
| Documentaries | |
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| 1963 |
The Chair |
| 1962 |
Jane |
The Living Camera: Mooney vs. Fowle |
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Actor
| Documentaries | |
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| 2012 |
Ricky on Leacock |
| 2011 |
Camera That Changed the World, The |
| 1963 |
The Chair |
Sound designer
| Documentaries | |
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| 2008 |
President to Remember, A |