Robin Lehman

Robin Lehman

Directing

December 3, 1936

Robin Lehman is an American documentary filmmaker best known for his short films Don't and The End of the Game, which received consecutive Academy Awards for Best Documentary (Short Subject). Lehman originally studied painting and worked in graphic art before moving to Paris to study musical composition, eventually transitioning to documentary film. His subjects ranged from African wildlife to monarch butterflies to sea creatures to hot glass to strange pets to “what's good about growing old?” His films have won over 150 major awards worldwide at many of the major film festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Chicago, Melbourne, San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles.

Known for

Tommy

Tommy

1975

Don't

Don't

1975

The End of the Game

The End of the Game

1976

Nightlife

Nightlife

1976

The Black Pearl

The Black Pearl

1977

Manimals

Manimals

1978

Flyaway

Flyaway

1972

Sea Creatures

Sea Creatures

1974

Colter's Hell

Colter's Hell

1973

SEE

SEE

1975

Directing16

Ethiopia

Ethiopia

1985

Director

Metropolitan Cats

Metropolitan Cats

1983

Director

Forever Young

Forever Young

1981

Director

The Little Players

The Little Players

1981

Director

Manimals

Manimals

1978

Director

The End of the Game

The End of the Game

1976

Director

Nightlife

Nightlife

1976

Director

Don't

Don't

1975

Director

SEE

SEE

1975

Director

Sea Creatures

Sea Creatures

1974

Director

Experimental

Experimental

1974

Director

Hotspot

Hotspot

1974

Director

Wings and Things

Wings and Things

1973

Director

Undercurrents

Undercurrents

1973

Director

Colter's Hell

Colter's Hell

1973

Director

Flyaway

Flyaway

1972

Director

Crew14

Metropolitan Cats

Metropolitan Cats

1983

Cinematography

Forever Young

Forever Young

1981

Cinematography

The Little Players

The Little Players

1981

Cinematography

The End of the Game

The End of the Game

1976

Cinematography

Nightlife

Nightlife

1976

Cinematography

Don't

Don't

1975

Cinematography

SEE

SEE

1975

Cinematography

Sea Creatures

Sea Creatures

1974

Cinematography

Hotspot

Hotspot

1974

Cinematography

Experimental

Experimental

1974

Cinematography

Wings and Things

Wings and Things

1973

Cinematography

Undercurrents

Undercurrents

1973

Cinematography

Colter's Hell

Colter's Hell

1973

Cinematography

Flyaway

Flyaway

1972

Cinematography

Production14

Ethiopia

Ethiopia

1985

Producer

Metropolitan Cats

Metropolitan Cats

1983

Producer

Forever Young

Forever Young

1981

Producer

The Little Players

The Little Players

1981

Producer

Manimals

Manimals

1978

Producer

Don't

Don't

1975

Producer

SEE

SEE

1975

Producer

Sea Creatures

Sea Creatures

1974

Producer

Experimental

Experimental

1974

Producer

Hotspot

Hotspot

1974

Producer

Wings and Things

Wings and Things

1973

Producer

Undercurrents

Undercurrents

1973

Producer

Colter's Hell

Colter's Hell

1973

Producer

Flyaway

Flyaway

1972

Producer

Sound4

Ethiopia

Ethiopia

1985

Original Music Composer

Manimals

Manimals

1978

Sound

The End of the Game

The End of the Game

1976

Original Music Composer

Nightlife

Nightlife

1976

Original Music Composer

Camera3

Manimals

Manimals

1978

Camera Operator

The Black Pearl

The Black Pearl

1977

Director of Photography

Tommy

Tommy

1975

Director of Photography

Editing3

Ethiopia

Ethiopia

1985

Editor

Manimals

Manimals

1978

Editor

Nightlife

Nightlife

1976

Editor

Writing2

The End of the Game

The End of the Game

1976

Writer

Nightlife

Nightlife

1976

Writer