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Robert Gardner (anthropologist) is an American anthropologist, filmmaker, and photographer. He is best known for his documentary films, which often focus on the lives of indigenous peoples. He was born on November 5, 1925 in Brookline, Massachusetts. Gardner attended Harvard University, where he earned a B.A. in English in 1947 and an M.A. in anthropology in 1950. He then went on to pursue a Ph.D. in anthropology at Harvard, which he completed in 1956. Gardner's career as a filmmaker began in 1957, when he was hired by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard to make a film about the Dani people of New Guinea. This film, Dead Birds, was released in 1964 and won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. Gardner went on to make several other films, including Rivers of Sand (1974), Forest of Bliss (1986), and The Impression of the World (2001). He also wrote several books, including The Impression of the World (2001) and The Impression of the World: A Naturalist's View (2005). Gardner has received numerous awards for his work, including the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1962, the American Anthropological Association's Malinowski Award in 1975, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences' Centennial Medal in 2000. As of 2021, Robert Gardner (anthropologist) is 89 years old. He has a height of 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m). He has not revealed any information about his dating life. Gardner has an estimated net worth of $1 million. He has earned his wealth through his career as an anthropologist, filmmaker, and photographer.

Popular As Robert Grosvenor Gardner
Occupation Academic, Anthropologist, Documentarian
Age 89 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 5 November 1925
Birthday 5 November
Birthplace Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
Date of death (2014-06-21)
Died Place Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Adele Pressman (?–his death)

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Robert Gardner (anthropologist) Net Worth

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1970

Gardner also hosted a Boston television series during the 1970s-early 1980s on an ABC affiliate showcasing works by independent filmmakers ranging from animation (Caroline Leaf, John and Faith Hubley), experimental (Hollis Frampton, Standish Lawder) and documentary film (Les Blank, Hilary Harris).

1947

After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University in 1947, he became an assistant to the founder of the Byzantine Institute of America, Thomas Whittemore at Harvard's Fogg Museum. This led to travels to Anatolia, Fayum and London working with Coptic textiles and restoring Byzantine art Next, he started teaching medieval art and history at the College of Puget Sound in Washington state. Here, he took to writings of anthropologist Ruth Benedict and he ended up post doing MA in anthropology from Harvard. It was during his graduation period that he took part in an expedition on Kalahari Desert Bushmen, for which he took photographs, films and carried out elementary research work. Thereafter he founded The Film Study Center, a production and research unit at the Peabody Museum at Harvard in 1957 where it made documentary films till he left the centre in 1997.

1925

Robert Grosvenor Gardner (November 5, 1925 – June 21, 2014) was an American academic, anthropologist, and documentary filmmaker who was the Director of the Film Study Center at Harvard University from 1956 to 1997. He is known for his work in the field of visual anthropology and films like the National Film Registry inductee Dead Birds and Forest of Bliss. In 2011, a retrospective of his work was held at Film Forum, New York.