Draft:Robert K. Sharpe

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Robert K. Sharpe (1930-2016) was an American filmmaker, who produced the film Before the Mountain Was Moved was nominated for as Best Documentary Feature in the 1970 Academy Awards.[1]

Early Life & Education[edit]

Career[edit]

Writer and director for films at CBS Twentieth Century series. He also worked as director for NBC Special Projects, including an adaptation of E.B. White's "Here is New York."[2]

Filmography[edit]

  • Joe, produced for the US Information Agency
  • A Night in the Pet Shop
  • The Forgotten, a documentary about Chicago slums
  • The Long Night
  • Keep It Cool, 1963, as director, on the YMCA Detached Worker program in Chicago, Ill
  • Volunteers for Head Start, 1966, produced for the Office of Economic Opportunity, Head Start

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1970 Academy Awards | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". www.oscars.org. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  2. ^ "TV DIRECTOR LISTS A FEATURE MOVIE; Robert Sharpe to Film 'The Long Night' in Harlem". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-04-22.