Directing
Robert Frank
Born 1924-11-09
Zurich, Switzerland
Department: Directing
Biography
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.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Robert Frank
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Pull My Daisy
1959
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Cocksucker Blues
1972
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Lost, Lost, Lost
1976
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Chappaqua
1966
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Candy Mountain
1988
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Hit Parade
2021
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Don't Blink - Robert Frank
2015
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Second Century
1999
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Me and My Brother
1969
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One Hour
1990
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (72 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN & AI | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2026 | |
 | Robert and June (and All the Time in the World) | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage, 1970–2006 | Director of Photography | Movie | 2024 |
 | Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971 | Director of Photography | Movie | 2024 |
 | Robert Frank in Conversation with Clark Winter: 10 Films | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2024 |
| June and Robert Kara and Me | Self | Movie | 2022 | |
 | Hit Parade | Missiê Jack | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel | Director | Movie | 2017 |
 | Don't Blink - Robert Frank | Self | Movie | 2015 |
 | Life Goes On | Self | Movie | 2015 |
| Alfred Leslie: Cool Man In A Golden Age | Director | Movie | 2009 | |
| Tunnel | Director | Movie | 2008 | |
| Fernando | Director | Movie | 2008 | |
 | Robert Frank Films | Self | Movie | 2006 |
 | Sanyu | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2005 |
| Sanyu | Director | Movie | 2005 |
 | Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank | Self | Movie | 2004 |
| True Story | Director | Movie | 2004 | |
 | Paper Route | Director | Movie | 2002 |
| Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom | Self | Movie | 2000 | |
| Fragments | Director | Movie | 2000 | |
 | Second Century | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1999 |
| I Remember | Alfred Steiglitz | Movie | 1998 | |
| I Remember | Director | Movie | 1998 | |
| The Present | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1996 | |
| The Present | Director | Movie | 1996 | |
 | Flamingo | Director | Movie | 1996 |
| Summer Cannibals | Director | Movie | 1996 | |
| Moving Pictures | Self | Movie | 1994 | |
| Moving Pictures | Director | Movie | 1994 | |
 | Last Supper | Director | Movie | 1992 |
| Last Supper | Cinematography | Movie | 1992 |
 | One Hour | Director | Movie | 1990 |
| One Hour | Writer | Movie | 1990 |
| One Hour | Cinematography | Movie | 1990 |
| Live | Director | TV Series | 1990 | |
 | Hunter | Director | Movie | 1989 |
| Run | Director | Movie | 1989 | |
 | Candy Mountain | Director | Movie | 1988 |
 | Home Improvements | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1985 |
| Home Improvements | Director | Movie | 1985 |
| Home Improvements | Cinematography | Movie | 1985 |
| Home Improvements | Producer | Movie | 1985 |
| Home Improvements | Sound | Movie | 1985 |
| Ginsberg/Corso Tapes | Director | Movie | 1984 | |
| Ginsberg/Corso Tapes | Cinematography | Movie | 1984 | |
 | This Song for Jack | Director | Movie | 1983 |
 | Contemporary Photography in America | Self | Movie | 1982 |
| Energy and How to Get It | Director | Movie | 1981 | |
 | Life Dances On... | Director | Movie | 1980 |
| Project Tesla | Director | Movie | 1980 | |
 | Lost, Lost, Lost | Self | Movie | 1976 |
 | Keep Busy | Director | Movie | 1975 |
| Sunseed | Cinematography | Movie | 1973 | |
| About Us | Director | Movie | 1972 | |
| Food | Cinematography | Movie | 1972 | |
 | Cocksucker Blues | Director | Movie | 1972 |
 | Rolling Stones Super 8 Footage | Director | Movie | 1972 |
| This Is a Film About | Director | Movie | 1972 | |
 | About Me: A Musical | Director | Movie | 1971 |
| Conversations in Vermont | Director | Movie | 1971 | |
 | Life-Raft Earth | Director | Movie | 1969 |
 | Me and My Brother | Director | Movie | 1969 |
| Me and My Brother | Writer | Movie | 1969 |
| Me and My Brother | Director of Photography | Movie | 1969 |
 | Chappaqua | Director of Photography | Movie | 1966 |
 | O.K. End Here | Director | Movie | 1963 |
| The Sin of Jesus | Director | Movie | 1961 | |
 | Pull My Daisy | Director | Movie | 1959 |
| Pull My Daisy Production Footage | Director | Movie | 1959 | |
| Provincetown | Director | Movie | 1958 | |
| Untitled 1971 | Director | Movie | — |