Robert Gardner (anthropologist)

Robert Gardner
BornRobert Grosvenor Gardner
(1925-11-05)November 5, 1925
Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJune 21, 2014(2014-06-21) (aged 88)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationAcademic, Anthropologist, Documentarian
NationalityAmerican
EducationHarvard University (AB, AM)
Period1951–2000
Notable worksDead Birds
Forest of Bliss
SpouseAdele Pressman (?–his death)
Children5
Website
www.robertgardner.net

Robert Grosvenor Gardner (November 5, 1925 – June 21, 2014) was an American academic, anthropologist, and documentary filmmaker who was the Director of the Film Study Center at Harvard University from 1956 to 1997. Gardner is known for his work in the field of visual anthropology and films like the National Film Registry inductee Dead Birds[1] and Forest of Bliss. In 2011, a retrospective of his work was held at Film Forum, New York.[2]

  1. ^ "National Film Registry Listing". Library of Contgress. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Bringing Faraway Worlds Closer, And Questioning Western Intrusions". New York Times. November 10, 2011.

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