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Robert Gardner
Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
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 internationa…
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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.
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2010
Still Journey On
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2010
Deus Ex Boltanski
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2003
Oh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me!
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2001
Islam: Empire of Faith
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2000
Looking at Forest of Bliss
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2000
Pilot Notes: Journals Of A Solitary Aviator
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2000
Good to Pull (Bon a Tirer)
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1998
Sean Scully: Passenger
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1997
It Could Be Good, It Could Be Bad
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1997
Scully in Malaga
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1997
Sean Scully: Testigos AKA The Witnesses
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1993
Time Indefinite
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1993
Dancing with Miklos
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1988
Hauling Sharks
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1988
Ika Hands
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1986
Forest of Bliss
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1985
Loving Krishna
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1985
Serpent Mother
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1985
Life Keeps on Passing
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1985
Supplicating Women
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1985
Sons of Shiva
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1981
The Shepherds of Berneray
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1980
Deep Hearts
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1979
Q'eros: The Shape of Survival
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1978
Healing
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1976
Altar of Fire
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1974
Rivers of Sand
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1973
Policeman
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1973
Anthem
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1973
Farmer
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1973
Lobsterman
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1973
Mark Tobey Abroad
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1972
Screening Room
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1972
Reality's Invisible
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1972
Land-Divers of Melanesia
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1970
The Nuer
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1968
Creatures of Pain
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1968
Salt
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1966
The Great Sail
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