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.
Fotos
Películas (51)
Expedition Content
2022 · Additional Photography
Still Journey On
2010 · Director
Deus Ex Boltanski
2010 · Director
Oh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me!
2003 · Self
Looking at Forest of Bliss
2000 · Himself, Director
Pilot Notes: Journals Of A Solitary Aviator
2000 · Cinematography
Good to Pull (Bon a Tirer)
2000 · Director
Sean Scully: Passenger
1998 · Director
Birth of a Nation
1997 · Self
It Could Be Good, It Could Be Bad
1997 · Director
Scully in Malaga
1997 · Director
Sean Scully: Testigos AKA The Witnesses
1997 · Director
Time Indefinite
1993 · Himself
Dancing with Miklos
1993 · Director
Hauling Sharks
1988 · Director
Ika Hands
1988 · Director, Cinematography, Writer, Editor
Forest of Bliss
1986 · Director, Cinematography, Producer, Editor
Loving Krishna
1985 · Narrator
Serpent Mother
1985 · Narrator
Life Keeps on Passing
1985 · Director
Supplicating Women
1985 · Director
Sons of Shiva
1985 · Director
The Shepherds of Berneray
1981 · Executive Producer
Deep Hearts
1980 · Director, Editor, Cinematography, Sound Recordist
Q'eros: The Shape of Survival
1979 · Narrator
Healing
1978 · Director
Altar of Fire
1976 · Director
Rivers of Sand
1974 · Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematography
Policeman
1973 · Director
Anthem
1973 · Director
Farmer
1973 · Director
Lobsterman
1973 · Director
Mark Tobey Abroad
1973 · Director, Cinematography, Producer
Reality's Invisible
1972 · Self
Land-Divers of Melanesia
1972 · Director
The Nuer
1970 · Producer, Additional Photography
Creatures of Pain
1968 · Director
Salt
1968 · Director
The Great Sail
1966 · Director
Tide
1966 · Director
The Photographer
1966 · Director
People and Particles
1965 · Producer
Marathon
1965 · Director
Dead Birds
1963 · Narrator, Director, Editor, Cinematography, Writer
Flaherty and Film
1960 · Self - Host
The Old Lady AKA A Human Document
1958 · Director
The Hunters
1957 · Director
Mark Tobey
1952 · Director
Fort Rupert
1951 · Narrator
Blunden Harbour
1951 · Director
Dances of the Kwakiutl
1951 · Producer
