Robert Snyder

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Robert Snyder (born January 15, 1916 in Brooklyn , New York , † March 21, 2004 in Pacific Palisades , California ) was an American documentary filmmaker . He won an Oscar in 1951 for the producer of The Titan: Story of Michelangelo .

Life

Robert Snyder grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He married Allegra Fuller, the daughter of Richard Buckminster Fuller . His wife was a professor of dance at the University of California, Los Angeles . The marriage had two children.

In 1951, Snyder won the Oscar for best documentary film as the producer of the German-Swiss production The Titan: Story of Michelangelo . The film was actually from 1938 and was shot by Curt Oertel at the time. Robert J. Flaherty and Richard Lyford processed the film and let him by Fredric March english synchronize .

Snyder was nominated again in 1959, this time as the producer of The Hidden World , a documentary about insects . The speaker was Gregory Peck . In total, Snyder directed eleven documentaries himself, including biographies in particular, for example about Henry Miller , his father-in-law Richard Buckminster Fuller, the peace activist Caresse Crosby , Will and Ariel Durant , Claudio Arrau and the cellist Pablo Casals . and cellist Pablo Casals.

His twelve-part series Looking at Modern Art and Michelangelo: Self Portrait were broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service . Snyder died on March 21, 2004 after a long illness in Pacific Palisades.

Filmography

Director

  • 1954: Halway to Hell
  • 1957: A Visit with Pablo Casals
  • 1961: A Glimpse of De Kooning
  • 1969: The Henry Miller Odyssey
  • 1974: The World of Buckminster Fuller
  • 1974: Anais Nin Observed
  • 1978: Ruth Asawa: Of Forms & Growth
  • 1978: Claudio Arrau: A Life in Music
  • 1989: Michelangelo: A Self Portrait
  • 1995: Willem De Kooning: Artist (short film)

production

Non-fiction

  • This Is Henry, Henry Miller From Brooklyn . Los Angeles: Nash Publishers 1974. ISBN 978-0840280763
  • Anais Nin Observed: Portrait of the Woman as an Artist . Swallow Press 1976. ISBN 978-0804007085
  • Buckminster Fuller: An Autobiographical Monologue Scenario . St Martins Press 1980. ISBN 978-0312106782

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bosley Crowther: The Titan: Story of Michelangelo . In: New York Times . Retrieved November 18, 2011. 
  2. ^ Documentary producer Robert Snyder dies. United Press International, March 22, 2004, accessed November 18, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Robert Snyder. Variety , March 22, 2004, accessed November 18, 2011 .
  4. ↑ a b c About Robert Snyder. (No longer available online.) Masters & Masterworks, archived from the original on December 15, 2011 ; Retrieved November 18, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mastersmasterworks.com
  5. ↑ Robert Snyder; Filmmaker won Oscar for Documentary. (No longer available online.) Boston.com, March 24, 2004, archived from the original on June 3, 2012 ; Retrieved November 18, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / articles.boston.com
personal data
SURNAME Snyder, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American documentary filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York, United States
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 2004
Place of death Pacific Palisades , California , United States