FILM DIRECTOR

Robert Kramer

1939 - 1999

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Robert Kramer (June 22, 1939 – November 10, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor who directed 19 films between 1965 and 1999, most of them political cinema made from a left-wing point of view. Born in New York and educated at Swarthmore College and Stanford University, Kramer was a founding member of the filmmaking collective The Newsreel, established in New York City in 1968. Kramer wrote, directed and starred in the 1970 thriller film Ice, and co-directed the 1975 film Milestones with John Douglas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Kramer has received more than 72,851 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Robert Kramer is the 1,189th most popular film director (down from 964th in 2019), the 7,764th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,343rd in 2019) and the 294th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Robert Kramer ranks 1,189 out of 2,041. Before him are Benny Chan, Ardeshir Irani, Jaume Collet-Serra, Lee Tamahori, Niels Arden Oplev, and Trey Parker. After him are Alexander Mitta, Douglas Slocombe, Kazimierz Kutz, Shekhar Kapur, Juliusz Machulski, and Ivor Montagu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Robert Kramer ranks 431. Before him are Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani, Jovan Miladinović, Joseph Bonnel, Hadi Khosroshahi, Per Ahlmark, and Stuart Kauffman. After him are Max Lorenz, John W. Snow, Ivan Vutsov, István Nagy, Antal Szentmihályi, and Wally Funk. Among people deceased in 1999, Robert Kramer ranks 223. Before him are Yvette Cauchois, Leonid Sedov, Humberto Fernández-Morán, Néstor Togneri, Frank Lubin, and Georges Miez. After him are Raúl Silva Henríquez, Christopher Cockerell, István Nagy, Muhammetnazar Gapurow, Roderick Thorp, and Dana Plato.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Kramer ranks 7,764 out of 20,380. Before him are Sabin Carr (1904), Stuart Kauffman (1939), Alice Catherine Evans (1881), Shelley Morrison (1936), Ninja (1991), and Trey Parker (1969). After him are Rudy Tomjanovich (1948), Carl A. Wirtanen (1910), Arnie Robinson (1948), Malvina Reynolds (1900), Michael Beach (1963), and John Norton (1893).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Robert Kramer ranks 294. Before him are Daniel Mann (1912), David R. Ellis (1952), Richard Rush (1929), John Musker (1953), Jon Avnet (1949), and Trey Parker (1969). After him are Steve Kloves (1960), Julius J. Epstein (1909), Jack Conway (1887), Busby Berkeley (1895), David Hand (1900), and George Abbott (1887).

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Filmography

Milestones
Director
A portrait of those individuals who sought radical solutions to social problems in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. Cutting back and forth between six major story lines and more than fifty characters. Exploring the lifestyles and attitudes of the American left during the period following the Vietnam War.
Oct 8th 19756.9 / 10
Route One/USA
Director
Route One is the first major U.S. highway. 5000 km along the Atlantic coast, from the Canadian border to the tip of Florida. Doc, a physician who spent many years in Africa, returns to the U.S. and decides to reconnect with his home country by walking the legendary Route One.
Sep 10th 19897.3 / 10
Ice
Director
An underground revolutionary group struggles against internal strife to stage urban guerilla attacks against a fictionalized fascist regime in the United States. Interspersed throughout the narrative are rhetorical sequences that explain the philosophy of radical action and restrain the melodrama inherent in the thriller genre.
Oct 15th 19706.4 / 10