Person
Robin Lehman
Directing · Born 1936-12-03
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.
Known for
Tommy
Director of Photography
Hotspot
Cinematography
Manimals
Director
Flyaway
Producer
Don't
Director
Forever Young
Director
Experimental
Cinematography
The Black Pearl
Director of Photography
The End of the Game
Director
Undercurrents
Producer
Filmography
- 1985EthiopiaEditor
- 1983Metropolitan CatsDirector
- 1981Forever YoungDirector
- 1981The Little PlayersProducer
- 1978ManimalsDirector
- 1977The Black PearlDirector of Photography
- 1976The End of the GameDirector
- 1976NightlifeWriter
- 1975TommyDirector of Photography
- 1975Don'tDirector
- 1975SEEDirector
- 1974Sea CreaturesProducer
- 1974HotspotCinematography
- 1974ExperimentalCinematography
- 1973Wings and ThingsDirector
- 1973UndercurrentsProducer
- 1973Colter's HellDirector
- 1972FlyawayProducer
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