Robert Kramer

Robert Kramer
Born (1939-06-22)June 22, 1939
New York City, United States
Died November 10, 1999(1999-11-10) (aged 60)
Haute-Normandie, France
Occupation Film director
Screenwriter
Actor
Years active 1965–1999

Robert Kramer (June 22, 1939 – November 10, 1999) was a left leaning American film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 19 films between 1965 and 1999, most of them political cinema made from a left-wing point of view.[1][2] His film À toute allure was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.[3] He died of complications from Meningitis.[4]

Filmography

  • FALN (1965)[5]
  • In the Country (1967)
  • The Edge (1968)
  • The People's War (1970)[6]
  • Ice (1970)
  • Milestones (1975)
  • Scenes from the Class Struggle in Portugal (1977)[7]
  • Guns (1980)[8]
  • À toute allure (Full speed, 1982)
  • Notre nazi (Our Nazi, 1985)[9]
  • Diesel (1985)[10][11][12]
  • Doc's Kingdom (1987) [13]
  • X-Country (pronounced "cross-country") (1987) [14]
  • Route One USA (1989)[15]
  • Contre l'oubli (Against Oblivion, collective, 1991)[16]
  • Point de départ (Starting Place, 1994)[17]
  • Le manteau (The Coat, 1996)[18]
  • Walk the Walk (1996)[19]
  • The Ghosts of Electricity (1997)[20]
  • Cités de la plaine (Flat Land Cities, 2001)[21]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bergan, Ronald (November 16, 1999). "Robert Kramer". the Guardian. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ Robert Kramer and the Jewish-German Question – essay by Hironobu Baba at Rouge
  3. ↑ "A TOUTE ALLURE - Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  4. ↑ III, Harris M. Lentz (July 1, 2000). "Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1999: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture". McFarland. Retrieved June 21, 2018 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Icarus Films: FALN". icarusfilms.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  6. ↑ People's War + Scenes from a Class Struggle in Portugal at Eastman Museum
  7. ↑ "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Portugal] at [http://www.metrocinema.org/ Metro Cinema". Retrieved June 21, 2018. External link in |title= (help)
  8. ↑ "Guns (1980)". Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Figures of Dissent: Thomas Harlan - Diagonal Thoughts". www.diagonalthoughts.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  10. ↑ Lk (April 8, 2014). "Serge Daney in English: Kramer v. Kramer". Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Diesel], chronique at [http://www.nanarland.com/ Nanarland". Retrieved June 21, 2018. External link in |title= (help)
  12. ↑ "DIESEL - Vidéo dailymotion". Dailymotion. October 26, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  13. ↑ Review by Richard F. Shepard at NY Time, September 9, 1988
  14. ↑ X-Country presentation, Turin Film Festival website
  15. ↑ Route One USA, review by Caryn James at The NY Times, November 2, 1990
  16. ↑ "Against Oblivion (1991)". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Festival des 3 Continents - Point de départ". www.3continents.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  18. ↑ Le manteau at IMDb
  19. ↑ "Walk the walk : Robert Kramer". Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  20. ↑ Ghosts of Electricity (Kramer's vision of the future of cinema)
  21. ↑ "Les Films du Paradoxe". www.filmsduparadoxe.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  22. ↑ "Newsreel: Activist film collective". Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  23. ↑ Newsreel on Newsreel, Film Quarterly, Winter 1968
  24. ↑ "The Vietnam War on Film - Harvard Film Archive". hcl.harvard.edu. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  25. ↑ Documentary Filmmaking on the American Left, New York : Arno Press, 1980, by Bill Nichols
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