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Robert Frank
Director 101 years old

Robert Frank

Zurich, Switzerland

Robert Frank is one of the most acclaimed photographers of the 20th century. He is best known for his seminal book "The Americans", featuring photographs taken by the artist in the mid-1950s as he traveled across the U.S. on a Guggenheim fellowship. Robert Frank is also known... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

5 titles
One Hour

One Hour

Robert Frank 1990 1h

One of the longest handheld tracking shots in film history, It’s Real documents an hour in the street life of downtown Manhattan.

Candy Mountain

Candy Mountain

Rudy Wurlitzer, Robert Frank 1988 1h 31m

A mediocre musician goes on the road in search of the world's greatest guitar maker.

Cocksucker Blues

Cocksucker Blues

Robert Frank 1972 1h 33m 7.0

This is the story of the Stones 1972 tour.

The Sin of Jesus

Robert Frank 1961 37m

An egg-sorting woman shrugs off even the appearance of Christ. From Isaak Babel story.

Pull My Daisy

Pull My Daisy

Robert Frank, Alfred Leslie 1959 26m

Based on an incident in the life of Beat icon Neal Cassady and his wife, the painter Carolyn, the film tells the story of a railway brakeman whose wife invites a respected bishop over for dinner. However, the brakeman's Bohemian friends crash the party, with comic results. Pull My Daisy is a film that typifies the Beat Generation.

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