Known For
Directing
Born
Nov 05, 1925
Died
Jun 21, 2014
Place of Birth
Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Credits
53 titles
Robert Gardner
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.
Known For
Filmography
Expedition Content
Additional Photography
Still Journey On
Director
Deus Ex Boltanski
Director
Oh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me!
Self
Islam: Empire of Faith
Director
Looking at Forest of Bliss
Himself
Pilot Notes: Journals Of A Solitary Aviator
Cinematography
Good to Pull (Bon a Tirer)
Director
Sean Scully: Passenger
Director
Birth of a Nation
Self
It Could Be Good, It Could Be Bad
Director
Scully in Malaga
Director
Sean Scully: Testigos AKA The Witnesses
Director
Time Indefinite
Himself
Dancing with Miklos
Director
Hauling Sharks
Director
Ika Hands
Director
Forest of Bliss
Director
Loving Krishna
Narrator
Serpent Mother
Narrator
Life Keeps on Passing
Director
Supplicating Women
Director
Sons of Shiva
Director
The Shepherds of Berneray
Executive Producer
Deep Hearts
Director
Q'eros: The Shape of Survival
Narrator
Healing
Director
Altar of Fire
Director
Rivers of Sand
Director
Policeman
Director
Anthem
Director
Farmer
Director
Lobsterman
Director
Mark Tobey Abroad
Director
Screening Room
Himself
Reality's Invisible
Self
Land-Divers of Melanesia
Director
The Nuer
Producer
Creatures of Pain
Director
Salt
Director
The Great Sail
Director
Tide
Director
The Photographer
Director
People and Particles
Producer
Marathon
Director
Dead Birds
Narrator
Flaherty and Film
Self - Host
The Old Lady AKA A Human Document
Director
The Hunters
Director
Mark Tobey
Director