Robert N. Zagone

Robert N. Zagone

Known for

Directing

Born

April 5, 1938 (age 88)

Birthplace

Oakland, California, USA

Biography

Robert N. Zagone is an independent filmmaker and television director who is best known for his independent feature films Read You Like a Book (starring Karen Black, Tony Amendola and Danny Glover) and The Stand-In (starring Danny Glover). He is also well known for the iconic guerilla-style documentary Drugs in the Tenderloin, as well as many film recordings of the musical culture of San Francisco, including Go Ride the Music, featuring Jefferson Airplane and Quicksilver Messenger Service; A Night at the Family Dog, featuring the Grateful Dead, Santana, and Jefferson Airplane; Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin; and the infamous Bob Dylan Press Conference. Zagone was one of...

Best known work

Read You Like a Book
Read You Like a Book
2006
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
1981
John Coltrane   Four Tenors
John Coltrane Four Tenors
2002
The Black West
The Black West
1979
Dylan Speaks
Dylan Speaks
1965
San Francisco Rock: A Night at the Family Dog
San Francisco Rock: A Night at the Family Dog
1970
Janis Joplin with Big Brother: Ball and Chain
Janis Joplin with Big Brother: Ball and Chain
2009
Drugs in the Tenderloin
Drugs in the Tenderloin
1967
Youth Drug Ward
Youth Drug Ward
1968
The Stand-In
The Stand-In
1985

Filmography

  1. 2009

    Janis Joplin with Big Brother: Ball and Chain

    Director

  2. 2006

  3. 2002

  4. 1985

    The Stand-In

    Director

  5. 1981

  6. 1979

  7. 1970

  8. 1968

  9. 1968

    Descartes

    Director of Operations

  10. 1968

    Linearity

    Director

  11. 1967

  12. 1967

    Duke Ellington: Love You Madly

    Production Assistant

  13. 1967

  14. 1965

    Dylan Speaks

    Director

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