Robert Snyder (January 16, 1916 – March 21, 2004) was a documentary filmmaker who won an

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in 1950 as producer of '' The Titan: Story of Michelangelo''.

Biography

Robert Snyder was born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 16, 1916. He married Allegra Fuller, the daughter of

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, professor emeritus and former chairwoman of the dance department at University of California at Los Angeles. They had a son Jaime and a daughter Alexandra. Snyder won the Academy Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary for '' The Titan: Story of Michelangelo''. It was a German/Swiss film titled ''Michelangelo: Life of a Titan'', first released in 1938 directed by Curt Oertel. Snyder re-edited and shortened the film, adding narration by

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. Snyder was nominated for a second Academy Award in 1958 for a documentary on insects, '' The Hidden World'', narrated by

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. Snyder produced or directed more than a half-dozen biographical documentaries about individuals, including his own father-in-law, futurist

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and cellist

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. He died after a lengthy illness in Pacific Palisades, California on March 21, 2004.

Works

As director

* ''Willem de Kooning: Artist'' (short) 1995 * ''Michelangelo: A Self Portrait'' (documentary) 1989 * ''Claudio Arrau: A Life in Music'' (documentary) 1978 * ''Ruth Asawa: Of Forms & Growth'' (documentary short) 1978 * ''Anais Nin Observed'' (documentary) 1974 * ''The World of Buckminster Fuller'' (documentary) 1974 * ''

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'' (TV series documentary) Episode, ''Buckminster Fuller on Spaceship Earth'' (1971) * ''The Henry Miller Odyssey'' (documentary) 1969 * ''A Glimpse of De Kooning'' (documentary) 1961 * ''A Visit with Pablo Casals'' 1957 * ''Halfway to Hell'' (documentary) 1954

As producer

* ''Willem de Kooning: Artist'' (short) (producer) 1995 * ''The Henry Miller Odyssey'' (documentary) (producer) 1969 * ''Bayanihan'' (documentary) (producer) 1962 * '' The Hidden World'' (documentary) (producer) 1958 * '' The Titan: Story of Michelangelo'' (documentary) (producer) 1950

As actor

* '' Code Name: Heraclitus'' (TV movie) as MacPherson 1967 * ''

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'' (TV series) as electrician Episode, "One More Pallbearer" (1962) ... Electrician (uncredited) 1961 * ''Outlaws'' (TV series) as Bundy 1961

Crew

* ''Gods of Bali'' (documentary) (supervisor - 1952 version)

Bibliography

* ''This Is Henry, Henry Miller From Brooklyn'' (non-fiction book) 1974 * ''Anais Nin Observed: Portrait of the Woman as an Artist'' (non-fiction book) 1976 * ''Buckminster Fuller: An Autobiographical Monologue Scenario'' (biography) 1976

Awards

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References

Added information

Snyder's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Snyder, Robert 1916 births 2004 deaths Film directors from Brooklyn American documentary film directors