Robert Kramer
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Robert Kramer
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Robert Kramer will probably go down in film history as the premier director of political dissidence cinema that nobody ever heard of. Kramer made it his mission to span the globe in search of political unrest, documenting the various players in the numerous movements he encountered. His films were relatively successful abroad, specifically in Europe, and were shown at various film festivals. In spite of his directorial success, Kramer was only known to Hollywood as a character actor. Stricken with meningitis in 1999, Kramer succumbed to the illness in November of that year, at the age of 60; his final film, Cities of the Plain, was released posthumously, in 2001. ~ Ryan Shriver, RoviFilmography:
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Robert Kramer
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Robert Kramer
| Robert Kramer | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 22, 1939 New York City, New York |
| Died | November 10, 1999 (aged 60) Haute-Normandie, France |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, actor |
| Years active | 1965 - 1999 |
Robert Kramer (June 22, 1939 – November 10, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 19 films between 1965 and 1999. His film À toute allure was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Filmography
- FALN (1965)
- In the Country (1967)
- The Edge (1968)
- The People's War (1970)
- Ice (1970)
- Milestones (1975)
- Scenes from the Class Struggle in Portugal (1977)
- Guns (1980)
- À toute allure (1982)
- Notre nazi (1985)
- Diesel (1985)
- Doc's Kingdom (1987)
- Route One USA (1989)
- Contre l'oubli (1991)
- Starting Place/Point de départ (1994)
- Le manteau (1996)
- Walk the Walk (1996)
- The Ghosts of Electricity (1997)
- Cités de la plaine (2001)
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: À toute allure". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1573/year/1982.html. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
External links
- Robert Kramer at the Internet Movie Database
- Robert Kramer at Find a Grave
- New York Times obituary.
- The Guardian obituary.
- Brief bio and filmography at Harvard Film Archive.
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Mentioned in
Guns
(1980 Crime Film)
Trying to Kiss the Moon
(1995 Visual Arts Film)
Milestones
(1975 Film)
Cities of the Plain
(2001 Drama Film)
Robert Kramer
(Director, Writer, Actor, Cinematographer, Drama)
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