Robert Frank

Robert Frank

Known for

Directing

Born

November 9, 1924 (age 101)

Birthplace

Zurich, Switzerland

Biography

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 as a filmmaker.

Best known work

Pull My Daisy

Pull My Daisy

1959

Cocksucker Blues

Cocksucker Blues

1972

Lost, Lost, Lost

Lost, Lost, Lost

1976

Don't Blink - Robert Frank

Don't Blink - Robert Frank

2015

Candy Mountain

Candy Mountain

1988

Chappaqua

Chappaqua

1966

The Present

The Present

1996

The Sin of Jesus

The Sin of Jesus

1961

The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show

1978

Me and My Brother

Me and My Brother

1969

Filmography

TBA
Untitled 1971
Director
2026
ALLEN & AI
2025
Robert and June (and All the Time in the World)
as Self
2024
Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage, 1970–2006
Director of Photography
2024
Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971
Director of Photography
2024
Robert Frank in Conversation with Clark Winter: 10 Films
2022
June and Robert Kara and Me
as Self
2021
Hit ParadeTV
as Missiê Jack (8 episodes)
2017
Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel
Director
2015
Don't Blink - Robert Frank
as Self
2015
Life Goes On
as Self
2009
Alfred Leslie: Cool Man In A Golden Age
Director
2008
Tunnel
Director
2008
Fernando
Director
2006
Robert Frank Films
as Self
2005
Sanyu
Director
2004
Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank
as Self
2004
True Story
Director
2002
Paper Route
Director
2000
Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom
as Self
2000
Fragments
Director
1999
Second Century
1999
Laboratorium Anthology
1998
I Remember
as Alfred Steiglitz, Director
1996
The Present
Director