- Robert Drew
Robert Lincoln Drew (born
February 15 ,1924 ) in Toledo,Ohio ) is an Americanwriter and director.His first movie was "Primary" (1960), a documentary about the
Wisconsin primary election s betweenHubert Humphrey andJohn F. Kennedy . It is considered to be one of the firstdirect cinema documentaries.The next movie he directed was "
Yanki No! " (1960), a documentary aboutanti-American sentiments inCuba andLatin America . Drew formed Drew Associates withRichard Leacock andD.A. Pennebaker in the early 1960's.In "Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment", Drew Associates producerGregory Shuker took cameras into theOval Office to observe presidential meetings over the crisis precipitated byAlabama GovernorGeorge Wallace , who physically blocked the entry of twoAfrican-American students to theUniversity of Alabama . The program aired in October 1963 on ABC and triggered a storm of protest over the admission of cameras into the White House.Drew made a few other short documentaries; his most recent was "
From Two Men and a War ", which recounts his experience as aWorld War II fighter pilot, and his encounters with thePulitzer Prize -winning reporter,Ernie Pyle .External links
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* [http://www.ifc.com/film/film-news/2008/04/tribeca-08-robert-drew-on-a-pr.php Interview with Robert Drew at IFC.com]Literature
* Dave Saunders, "Direct Cinema: Observational Documentary and the Politics of the Sixties", London, Wallflower Press 2007
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