Biography
Robert Snyder (January 16, 1916 – March 21, 2004) was a documentary filmmaker who won an Academy Award in 1950 as producer of The Titan: Story of Michelangelo. Robert Snyder was born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 16, 1916. He married Allegra Fuller, the daughter of Buckminster Fuller, professor emeritus and former chairwoman of the dance department at University of California at Los Angeles. They had a son Jaime and a daughter Alexandra.Snyder won the Academy Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary for The Titan: Story of Michelangelo. It was a German/Swiss film titled Michelangelo: Life of a Titan, first released in 1938 directed by Curt Oertel. Snyder re-edited and shortened the film, adding narration by Fredric March.Snyder was nominated for a second Academy Award in 1958 for a documentary on insects, The Hidden World, narrated by Gregory Peck. Snyder produced or directed more than a half-dozen biographical documentaries about individuals, including his own father-in-law, futurist Buckminster Fuller. Other subjects included American patron of the arts, poet, publisher, and peace activist Caresse Crosby, author Henry Miller, historians Will and Ariel Durant, Claudio Arrau and cellist Pablo Casals.His 12-part series, Looking at Modern Art, and Michelangelo: Self-Portrait both appeared on the U.S. Public Broadcasting Service. He died after a lengthy illness in Pacific Palisades, California on March 21, 2004.
Filmography
all 9
Movies 9
Director 5
Producer 2
Narrator 1
Michelangelo: A Self Portrait (1987)
The Henry Miller Odyssey (1974)
Anaïs Nin Observed (1974)
The World of Buckminster Fuller (1974)
Code Name: Heraclitus (1967)
The Hidden World (1958)
A Visit with Pablo Casals (1957)
Halfway to Hell (1953)
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950)
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GenderMale
Birthday1916-01-16
Deathday2004-03-21 (88 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
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