Tag: Robert Gardner

Director’s Pick: Dana Rappoport on DEAD BIRDS, Narrated by Jean Rouch
Dana Rappoport, esteemed anthropologist and filmmaker of DEATH OF ONE WHO KNOWS, recently shared a brief review of Robert Gardner’s DEAD BIRDS with Jean Rouch providing the narration in French.
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Robert Gardner and Peter Matthiessen Discuss 1961 New Guinea Expedition
In this 1996 interview, Robert Gardner and Peter Matthiessen discuss their 1961 trip to New Guinea, which resulted in Mr. Gardner’s film “Dead Birds” and Mr. Matthiessen’s book “Under the Mountain Wall.”
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Robert Gardner, filmmaker and author (1925 – 2014)
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Robert Gardner, who passed away on Saturday, June 21st. Gardner was an internationally renowned filmmaker and author whose works, including Dead Birds, Forest of Bliss, and Rivers of Sand, have entered the permanent canon of non-fiction filmmaking.
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