Robin Lehman
American documentary filmmaker (born 1936)
- Robert Lehman
- Ruth "Kitty" Lehman
Robin Lehman (born Robert Owen Lehman Jr.; December 3, 1936) is an American documentary filmmaker best known for his short films Don't (1974) and The End of the Game (1975), which received consecutive Academy Awards for Best Documentary (Short Subject). He is a member of the Lehman family.
Biography
Born Robert Owen Lehman Jr., he is the son of Robert Lehman (1891–1969) and Ruth "Kitty" (Leavitt) Meeker Lehman (1904–1984). His mother is the daughter of William Homer Leavitt and Ruth Bryan Owen and granddaughter of United States Secretary of State, William Jennings Bryan.[1][2] His father is the son of Philip Lehman and the grandson of Emanuel Lehman.[3]
Outside of his work directing short documentaries, Lehman contributed special material to Tommy, the 1975 film version of The Who's rock opera. In 1977, he served as co-cinematographer of The Black Pearl.
He is married to music theorist Marie Rolf, a professor and senior associate dean at the Eastman School of Music.[4] They have two children, Rolf and Morgan.[5][6] He was previously married to Aki Lehman with whom he has two children, Philip and Kate.[7]
Filmography
- 1972 Flyaway
- 1973 Colter's Hell
- 1974 Sea Creatures
- 1974 Don't
- 1975 See
- 1975 The End of the Game
- 1976 Nightlife
- 1978 Manimals
- 1981 Forever Young
- 1981 The Little Players (about the eponymous puppet troupe)[8]
References
- ^ Ingham, John N. (January 1, 1983). Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders, Volume 2. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 783. ISBN 9780313239083.
- ^ History and Families of Marion County Illinois: William Jennings Bryan retrieved April 2, 2012
- ^ Reif, Rita (May 16, 1990). "Article 985390 -- No Title". The New York Times.
The pictures, which were left to Lehman's grandchildren - the three children of Robert (Robin) Owen Lehman, a film maker - were sold with a guarantee, the first at this house
- ^ "Marie Rolf". Eastman School of Music. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
- ^ Kozinn, Allan (December 20, 1994). "MUSIC NOTES; Song Fest Co-Founder To Direct Arts Center At the 92d Street Y". New York Times.
- ^ "Obituary: Reverend Robert Frederick Rolf". The Plain Dealer. March 21, 2012.
- ^ "Notes on People". The New York Times. 1978-04-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
- ^ O'Connor, John J. "TV: Hand-Puppet Theater on Cable," The New York Times 7 Jul. 1982.
External links
- Robin Lehman at IMDb
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(1979–1994)
- John Korty (1979)
- Charles A. Bangert and Alfred R. Kelman (1983)
- Emile Ardolino (1984)
- David Heeley (1986)
- Gene Lasko (1990)
- Bob Eisenhardt, Susan Froemke, Peter Gelb, and Albert Maysles (1991)
- Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, and Eleanor Coppola (1992)
- Bill Couturié / Lee Stanley (1993)
- Robin Lehman (1994)
(2003–2017)
- Stanley Nelson Jr. (2003)
- Kate Davis (2004)
- James Miller (2005)
- Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill (2006)
- Spike Lee (2007)
- Adam Beckman and Christopher Wilcha (2008)
- Marina Zenovich (2009)
- Barak Goodman (2010)
- Josh Fox (2011)
- Martin Scorsese (2012)
- Robert Trachtenberg (2013)
- Jehane Noujaim (2014)
- Alex Gibney (2015)
- Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi (2016)
- Ezra Edelman (2017)
(2018–present)
- Brett Morgen (2018)
- Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (2019)
- Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert (2020)
- Kirsten Johnson (2021)
- Peter Jackson (2022)
- Davis Guggenheim (2023)
Between 1979–1994, the category was a juried award.
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