Reminiscences of Robert Drew, 1980
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- Name
- Drew, Robert, 1924-2014 (Interviewee)
- Hogenson, Barbara (Interviewer)
- Drew, Anne
- Title
- Reminiscences of Robert Drew, 1980
- Abstract
- Childhood and family; pilot in World War II; writer for LIFE magazine; Nieman Fellowship at Harvard; filmmaking influences; "direct cinema" vs. "cinema verite"; early films for TIME/LIFE including "Primary"; technical advances in mobile candid sync sound filmmaking; Drew Associates: production of films for ABC, TIME, the Bell Telephone Hour, particularly "Yankii, No" "Eddie", and films about John F . Kennedy, commercials, independent and industrial films; views on past and present documentary work Mrs. Drew particpated in the first two interview sessions
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Air pilots; Motion picture producers and directors; Motion pictures--Production and direction; Documentary films; Television broadcasting of films; Documentary television programs; Industrial films; Drew, Robert, 1924-2014; Drew, Anne
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1980
- Note (Biographical)
- Filmmaker
- Note
- Interviewed by Barbara Hogenson
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 15308357
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-a7n6-cf64
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.