Robert Frank

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Robert Frank

Directing 101 November 9, 1924

Zurich, Switzerland

Robert Frank is one of the most acclaimed photographers of the 20th century. He is best known for his seminal book "The Americans", featuring photographs taken by the artist in th…

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Pull My Daisy

Pull My Daisy

6.1 1959 Movie
Cocksucker Blues

Cocksucker Blues

5.8 1972 Movie
Lost, Lost, Lost

Lost, Lost, Lost

7.1 1976 Movie
Chappaqua

Chappaqua

6.3 1966 Movie
Candy Mountain

Candy Mountain

6.1 1988 Movie
Don't Blink - Robert Frank

Don't Blink - Robert Frank

7.0 2015 Movie
Hit Parade

Hit Parade

9.0 2021 TV Show
Me and My Brother

Me and My Brother

6.5 1969 Movie
Keep Busy

Keep Busy

8.0 1975 Movie
One Hour

One Hour

6.6 1990 Movie
Second Century

Second Century

5.7 1999 Movie
Food

Food

8.0 1972 Movie

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Robert Frank is one of the most acclaimed photographers of the 20th century. He is best known for his seminal book "The Americans", featuring photographs taken by the artist in the mid-1950s as he traveled across the U.S. on a Guggenheim fellowship. Robert Frank is also known as a filmmaker.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    ALLEN & AI

    Movie

  2. 2025
    Robert and June (and All the Time in the World)

    Movie Self

  3. 2024
    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage, 1970–2006

    Movie Director of Photography

  4. 2024
    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971

    Movie Director of Photography

  5. 2024
    Robert Frank in Conversation with Clark Winter: 10 Films

    Movie

  6. 2022
    June and Robert Kara and Me

    Movie Self

  7. 2021
    Hit Parade

    TV show Missiê Jack

  8. 2017
    Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel

    Movie Director

  9. 2015
    Don't Blink - Robert Frank

    Movie Self

  10. 2015
    Life Goes On

    Movie Self

  11. 2009
    Alfred Leslie: Cool Man In A Golden Age

    Movie Director

  12. 2008
    Fernando

    Movie Director

  13. 2008
    Tunnel

    Movie Director

  14. 2006
    Robert Frank Films

    Movie Self

  15. 2005
    Sanyu

    Movie

  16. 2004
    Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2004
    True Story

    Movie Director

  2. 2002
    Paper Route

    Movie Director

  3. 2000
    Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom

    Movie Self

  4. 2000
    Fragments

    Movie Director

  5. 1999
    Second Century

    Movie

  6. 1998
    I Remember

    Movie Alfred Steiglitz

  7. 1996
    The Present

    Movie

  8. 1996
    Flamingo

    Movie Director

  9. 1996
    Summer Cannibals

    Movie Director

  10. 1994
    Moving Pictures

    Movie Self

  11. 1992
    Last Supper

    Movie Director

  12. 1990
    One Hour

    Movie Director

  13. 1990
    Live

    TV show Director

  14. 1989
    Hunter

    Movie Director

  15. 1989
    Run

    Movie Director

  16. 1988
    Candy Mountain

    Movie Director

  17. 1985
    Home Improvements

    Movie

  18. 1984
    Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

    Movie Director

  19. 1983
    This Song for Jack

    Movie Director

  20. 1982
    Contemporary Photography in America

    Movie Self

  21. 1981
    Energy and How to Get It

    Movie Director

  22. 1980
    Life Dances On...

    Movie Director

  23. 1980
    Project Tesla

    Movie Director

  24. 1976
    Lost, Lost, Lost

    Movie Self