Robert Frank (b. 1924)

Birthplace:
Zurich, Switzerland

Born:
November 9, 1924

Robert Frank is one of the most acclaimed photographers of the 20th century. He is best known for his seminal book "The Americans", featuring photographs taken by the artist in the mid-1950s as he traveled across the U.S. on a Guggenheim fellowship. Robert Frank is also known as a filmmaker.

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Cinematography:
1972  Food
1973  Sunseed
1984  Ginsberg/Corso Tapes
1985  Home Improvements
1990  It’s Real
1992  Last Supper

Director:
1958  Provincetown
1959  Pull My Daisy
1959  Pull My Daisy Production Footage
1961  The Sin of Jesus
1963  O.K. End Here
1969  Life-Raft Earth
1969  Me and My Brother
1971  About Me: A Musical
1971  Conversations in Vermont
1972  About Us
1972  Cocksucker Blues
1972  Food
1972  Rolling Stones Super 8 Footage
1972  This Is a Film About
1973  Sunseed
1975  Keep Busy
1980  Life Dances On...
1980  Project Tesla
1981  Energy and How to Get It
1983  This Song for Jack
1984  Ginsberg/Corso Tapes
1985  Home Improvements
1988  Candy Mountain
1989  Hunter
1989  Run
1990  It’s Real
1992  Last Supper
1994  Moving Pictures
1996  Flamingo
1996  Summer Cannibals
1996  The Present
1998  I Remember
2000  Fragments
2002  Paper Route
2004  True Story
2005  Sanyu
2008  Fernando
2008  Tunnel
2009  Alfred Leslie: Cool Man In A Golden Age
2017  Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel
????  Untitled 1971

Director of Photography:
1958  Provincetown
1959  Pull My Daisy
1959  Pull My Daisy Production Footage
1961  The Sin of Jesus
1963  O.K. End Here
1966  Chappaqua
1969  Life-Raft Earth
1969  Me and My Brother
1971  About Me: A Musical
1971  Conversations in Vermont
1972  About Us
1972  Cocksucker Blues
1972  Food
1972  Rolling Stones Super 8 Footage
1972  This Is a Film About
1973  Sunseed
1975  Keep Busy
1980  Life Dances On...
1980  Project Tesla
1981  Energy and How to Get It
1983  This Song for Jack
1984  Ginsberg/Corso Tapes
1985  Home Improvements
1988  Candy Mountain
1989  Hunter
1989  Run
1990  It’s Real
1992  Last Supper
1994  Moving Pictures
1996  Flamingo
1996  Summer Cannibals
1996  The Present
1998  I Remember
2000  Fragments
2002  Paper Route
2004  True Story
2005  Sanyu
2008  Fernando
2008  Tunnel
2009  Alfred Leslie: Cool Man In A Golden Age
2017  Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel
2024  Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage, 1970–2006
2024  Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971
????  Untitled 1971

Producer:
1958  Provincetown
1959  Pull My Daisy
1959  Pull My Daisy Production Footage
1961  The Sin of Jesus
1963  O.K. End Here
1966  Chappaqua
1969  Life-Raft Earth
1969  Me and My Brother
1971  About Me: A Musical
1971  Conversations in Vermont
1972  About Us
1972  Cocksucker Blues
1972  Food
1972  Rolling Stones Super 8 Footage
1972  This Is a Film About
1973  Sunseed
1975  Keep Busy
1980  Life Dances On...
1980  Project Tesla
1981  Energy and How to Get It
1983  This Song for Jack
1984  Ginsberg/Corso Tapes
1985  Home Improvements
1988  Candy Mountain
1989  Hunter
1989  Run
1990  It’s Real
1992  Last Supper
1994  Moving Pictures
1996  Flamingo
1996  Summer Cannibals
1996  The Present
1998  I Remember
2000  Fragments
2002  Paper Route
2004  True Story
2005  Sanyu
2008  Fernando
2008  Tunnel
2009  Alfred Leslie: Cool Man In A Golden Age
2017  Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel
2024  Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage, 1970–2006
2024  Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971
????  Untitled 1971

Sound:
1958  Provincetown
1959  Pull My Daisy
1959  Pull My Daisy Production Footage
1961  The Sin of Jesus
1963  O.K. End Here
1966  Chappaqua
1969  Life-Raft Earth
1969  Me and My Brother
1971  About Me: A Musical
1971  Conversations in Vermont
1972  About Us
1972  Cocksucker Blues
1972  Food
1972  Rolling Stones Super 8 Footage
1972  This Is a Film About
1973  Sunseed
1975  Keep Busy
1980  Life Dances On...
1980  Project Tesla
1981  Energy and How to Get It
1983  This Song for Jack
1984  Ginsberg/Corso Tapes
1985  Home Improvements
1988  Candy Mountain
1989  Hunter
1989  Run
1990  It’s Real
1992  Last Supper
1994  Moving Pictures
1996  Flamingo
1996  Summer Cannibals
1996  The Present
1998  I Remember
2000  Fragments
2002  Paper Route
2004  True Story
2005  Sanyu
2008  Fernando
2008  Tunnel
2009  Alfred Leslie: Cool Man In A Golden Age
2017  Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel
2024  Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage, 1970–2006
2024  Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971
????  Untitled 1971

Writer:
1958  Provincetown
1959  Pull My Daisy
1959  Pull My Daisy Production Footage
1961  The Sin of Jesus
1963  O.K. End Here
1966  Chappaqua
1969  Life-Raft Earth
1969  Me and My Brother
1971  About Me: A Musical
1971  Conversations in Vermont
1972  About Us
1972  Cocksucker Blues
1972  Food
1972  Rolling Stones Super 8 Footage
1972  This Is a Film About
1973  Sunseed
1975  Keep Busy
1980  Life Dances On...
1980  Project Tesla
1981  Energy and How to Get It
1983  This Song for Jack
1984  Ginsberg/Corso Tapes
1985  Home Improvements
1988  Candy Mountain
1989  Hunter
1989  Run
1990  It’s Real
1992  Last Supper
1994  Moving Pictures
1996  Flamingo
1996  Summer Cannibals
1996  The Present
1998  I Remember
2000  Fragments
2002  Paper Route
2004  True Story
2005  Sanyu
2008  Fernando
2008  Tunnel
2009  Alfred Leslie: Cool Man In A Golden Age
2017  Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel
2024  Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage, 1970–2006
2024  Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971
????  Untitled 1971

Director:
1990  Live

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