Robert Drew, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Drew

American filmmaker

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1924

Place of Birth: Toledo, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 30-Jul-2014

Profession: film director, film producer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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.
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.