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Robin Lehman

Robin Lehman

Known for

Directing

Born

December 3, 1936 (age 89)

Biography

Robin Lehman is an American documentary filmmaker best known for his short films Don't and The End of the Game, which received consecutive Academy Awards for Best Documentary (Short Subject). Lehman originally studied painting and worked in graphic art before moving to Paris to study musical composition, eventually transitioning to documentary film. His subjects ranged from African wildlife to monarch butterflies to sea creatures to hot glass to strange pets to “what's good about growing old?” His films have won over 150 major awards worldwide at many of the major film festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Chicago, Melbourne, San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles.

Best known work

Tommy

Tommy

1975
Don't

Don't

1975
The End of the Game

The End of the Game

1976
Nightlife

Nightlife

1976
The Black Pearl

The Black Pearl

1977
Manimals

Manimals

1978
Flyaway

Flyaway

1972
Sea Creatures

Sea Creatures

1974
Colter's Hell

Colter's Hell

1973
SEE

SEE

1975

Filmography

  1. 1985

    Ethiopia

    Director, Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer

  2. 1983

    Metropolitan Cats

    Director, Producer, Cinematography

  3. 1981

    Forever Young

    Director, Producer, Cinematography

  4. 1981

    The Little Players

    Director, Producer, Cinematography

  5. 1978

    Manimals

    Director, Producer, Editor, Sound, Camera Operator

  6. 1977

    The Black Pearl

    Director of Photography

  7. 1976

    The End of the Game

    Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Cinematography

  8. 1976

    Nightlife

    Writer, Director, Editor, Original Music Composer, Cinematography

  9. 1975

    Tommy

    Director of Photography

  10. 1975

    Don't

    Director, Producer, Cinematography

  11. 1975

    SEE

    Director, Producer, Cinematography

  12. 1974

    Sea Creatures

    Director, Producer, Cinematography

  13. 1974

    Hotspot

    Cinematography, Director, Producer

  14. 1974

    Experimental

    Producer, Director, Cinematography

  15. 1973

    Wings and Things

    Director, Producer, Cinematography

  16. 1973

    Undercurrents

    Director, Producer, Cinematography

  17. 1973

    Colter's Hell

    Director, Producer, Cinematography

  18. 1972

    Flyaway

    Director, Producer, Cinematography

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