Robert Gardner
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. 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.
Фильмы и сериалы
- Forest of Bliss (1986), режиссёр
- Time Indefinite (1993), роль
- Dead Birds (1963), роль
- Reality's Invisible (1972), роль
- The Hunters (1957), режиссёр
- Birth of a Nation (1997), роль
- Rivers of Sand (1974), режиссёр
- The Nuer (1970), продюсер
- Q'eros: The Shape of Survival (1979), роль
- Loving Krishna (1985), роль
- Altar of Fire (1976), режиссёр
- Cìobairean Bhearnaraidh (1981)
- Pilot Notes: Journals Of A Solitary Aviator (2000)
- Flaherty and Film (1960), роль
- Looking at Forest of Bliss (2000), роль
- Fort Rupert (1951), роль
- Serpent Mother (1985), роль
- Oh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me! (2003), роль
- Screening Room (1972), роль
- Mark Tobey (1952), режиссёр