- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- November 5, 1925
- Place of Birth
- Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- June 21, 2014
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 numerou…
Filmography
movieExpedition Content
2022 · Additional Photography
movieStill Journey On
2010 · Director
movieDeus Ex Boltanski
2010 · Director
movieOh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me!
2003 · Self
tvIslam: Empire of Faith
2001 · Director
movieLooking at Forest of Bliss
2000 · Himself, Director
moviePilot Notes: Journals Of A Solitary Aviator
2000 · Cinematography
movieGood to Pull (Bon a Tirer)
2000 · Director
movieSean Scully: Passenger
1998 · Director
movieIt Could Be Good, It Could Be Bad
1997 · Director
movieScully in Malaga
1997 · Director
movieSean Scully: Testigos AKA The Witnesses
1997 · Director
movieTime Indefinite
1993 · Himself
Dancing with Miklos
movieDancing with Miklos
1993 · Director
movieHauling Sharks
1988 · Director
Ika Hands
movieIka Hands
1988 · Director, Cinematography, Writer, Editor
movieForest of Bliss
1986 · Director, Cinematography, Producer, Editor
movieLoving Krishna
1985 · Narrator
movieSerpent Mother
1985 · Narrator
movieLife Keeps on Passing
1985 · Director
movieSupplicating Women
1985 · Director
Sons of Shiva
movieSons of Shiva
1985 · Director
movieThe Shepherds of Berneray
1981 · Executive Producer
Deep Hearts
movieDeep Hearts
1980 · Director, Editor, Cinematography, Sound Recordist
movieQ'eros: The Shape of Survival
1979 · Narrator
movieHealing
1978 · Director
movieAltar of Fire
1976 · Director
movieRivers of Sand
1974 · Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematography
moviePoliceman
1973 · Director
movieAnthem
1973 · Director
movieFarmer
1973 · Director
movieLobsterman
1973 · Director
movieMark Tobey Abroad
1973 · Director, Cinematography, Producer
tvScreening Room
1972 · Himself, Director, Creator
movieReality's Invisible
1972 · Self
Land-Divers of Melanesia
movieLand-Divers of Melanesia
1972 · Director
movieThe Nuer
1970 · Producer, Additional Photography
movieCreatures of Pain
1968 · Director
movieSalt
1968 · Director
movieThe Great Sail
1966 · Director
movieTide
1966 · Director
movieThe Photographer
1966 · Director
moviePeople and Particles
1965 · Producer
movieMarathon
1965 · Director
movieDead Birds
1963 · Narrator, Director, Editor, Cinematography, Writer
movieFlaherty and Film
1960 · Self - Host
movieThe Old Lady AKA A Human Document
1958 · Director
movieThe Hunters
1957 · Director
movieMark Tobey
1952 · Director
movieFort Rupert
1951 · Narrator
movieBlunden Harbour
1951 · Director
Dances of the Kwakiutl
movieDances of the Kwakiutl
1951 · Producer