The moving image collection of Robert Drew is housed at the Academy Film Archive.
10 Facts About Robert Drew
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Robert Drew's father, Robert Woodsen Drew, was a film salesman and a pilot who ran a seaplane business.
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Robert Drew left high school to join the US Army Air Corps as a cadet in 1942 and qualified for officer's training.
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Robert Drew wrote an article for Life magazine about the experience flying a P-80 and was offered a job.
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Robert Drew developed a unit within Time Inc to realize his vision of developing documentary films that would use picture logic rather than word logic.
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For Primary, Robert Drew had Mitch Bogdanovich make smaller 16mm cameras that allowed for handheld use.
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Robert Drew's films have been shown on ABC, PBS, the BBC, and film festivals all over the world.
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Robert Drew has made scores of documentaries and has won awards internationally.
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Robert Drew's subjects have included civil rights, other social issues, politics, music, dance and more.
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Robert Drew died on July 30,2014, at his home in Sharon, Connecticut.