Draft:Robert K. Sharpe

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.