Robert Gardner
Directing
- Born
- November 5, 1925 · Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- June 21, 2014 (age 88)
Robert Gardner was the Director of the Film Study Center at Harvard University from 1957 to 1997. He is known for his work in the field of non-fiction film.
He is an internationally renowned filmmaker and author whose works have entered the permanent canon of non-fiction filmmaking. Some of his most prominent films include Dead Birds (1964), a lyric account of the Dugum Dani, a Stone Age society at one time living an isolated existence in the Highlands of the former Netherlands New Guinea (Gardner was the leader of the Peabody Museum-sponsored expedition to study the Dani in 1961-62); Rivers of Sand (1974), a social commentary on the Hamar people of southwestern Ethiopia; and Forest of Bliss (1985), a cinematic essay on the ancient city of Benares, India, which explores the ceremonies, rituals, and industries associated with death and regeneration.
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Gardner’s films have received numerous awards, including the Robert J. Flaherty Award for best nonfiction film (twice); the Golden Lion for Best Film at the Florence Film Festival (three times); and First Prizes at the Trento, USA Dallas, Melbourne, Nuoro, EarthWatch, Athens, and San Francisco film festivals. His films have been invited to Festivals throughout the world including Jerusalem, Bergen, London, Munich, Toronto, Montreal, Margaret Mead, Marseilles, Locarno, Chicago and Cinema du Réel.
Known for
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- 2022Expedition Content Additional Photography
- 2010Still Journey On Director
- 2010Deus Ex Boltanski Director
- 2000Looking at Forest of Bliss Director
- 2000Pilot Notes: Journals Of A Solitary Aviator Cinematography
- 2000Good to Pull (Bon a Tirer) Director
- 1998Sean Scully: Passenger Director
- 1997It Could Be Good, It Could Be Bad Director
- 1997Scully in Malaga Director
- 1997
