Biography
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.
Filmography
all 27
Movies 26
Director 12
self 6
Producer 4
Narrator 3
TV Shows 1
In the Wilderness of a Troubled Genre (2013)
Dead Birds Re-Encountered (2013)
Looking at Forest of Bliss (2000)
Pilot Notes: Journals Of A Solitary Aviator (2000)
Time Indefinite (1993)
Dancing with Miklos (1993)
Ika Hands (1988)
Rock and the Alien (1988)
Forest of Bliss (1986)
Sons of Shiva (1985)
The Shepherds of Berneray (1981)
Deep Hearts (1980)
Q'eros: The Shape of Survival (1979)
Altar of Fire (1976)
Rivers of Sand (1974)
Mark Tobey Abroad (1973)
Screening Room (1972)
Reality's Invisible (1972)
Land-Divers of Melanesia (1972)
The Nuer (1970)
Marathon (1965)
Dead Birds (1963)
Flaherty and Film (1960)
The Hunters (1957)
Mark Tobey (1952)
Blunden Harbour (1951)
Dances of the Kwakiutl (1951)
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GenderMale
Birthday1925-11-05
Deathday2014-06-21 (88 years old)
Birth PlaceBrookline, United States of America
FatherGeorge Peabody Gardner, Jr.
MotherRose Phinney Gardner
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsJohn Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
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