Robert Gardner

American anthropologist and documentary filmmaker (1925-2014)

0.45body-of-work score · ranked #1445 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
November 5, 1925 · Brookline
Died
June 21, 2014 · Cambridge
Nationality
United States
Work
documentary filmmaker, director, film director, anthropologist
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1

    1957 · United States · documentary

    National Film Registry (inducted 2003)

    0.231 citation
  2. 2

    1963 · United States · documentary

    National Film Registry (inducted 1998)

    0.231 citation

Complete filmography

All 10 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1951Mark Tobey
  • 1957The Hunters
  • 1963Dead Birds
  • 1971
  • 1973Rivers of Sand
  • 1980Deep Hearts
  • 1985Sons of Shiva
  • 1986Forest of Bliss
  • 1988Ika Hands
  • 1998Passenger