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Robert Gardner
Director 1925 - 2014

Robert Gardner

Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

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... Read full bio →

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Time Indefinite

Time Indefinite

Ross McElwee 1993 1h 54m

After documentarian Ross McElwee gets married, a series of misfortunes follow: his grandmother dies, his wife miscarries, and then his father dies less than a week later. Shaken by the sudden string of deaths, McElwee becomes depressed.

Reality's Invisible

Reality's Invisible

Robert Fulton 1972 53m

Fulton made the film during his brief time at Harvard, where he had been invited to teach by Robert Gardner, his friend and collaborator (Fulton would later serve as a cinematographer on Gardner’s 1981 documentary Deep Hearts, among others).

Dead Birds

Dead Birds

Robert Gardner 1963 1h 24m

An ethnographic documentary documenting the ritual warfare cycle, social life, and belief systems of the Dani people of the Baliem Valley in western New Guinea.

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