Robin Lehman

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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.

Most Popular Robin Lehman Trailers

Total trailers found: 18

Nightlife Trailer (1976)

01 October 1976

Documentary depicting the science-fiction shapes and colors of life in the cold seas of Ireland. Nominated for the Academy Award, Best Live Action Short Film, for 1977.

Wings and Things Trailer (1973)

14 June 1973

Award-winning film essay exploring the model airplane phenomenon from the clumsy plastic glider of a child to the sophisticated radio-controlled sea plane of a middle-aged devotee.

The Black Pearl Trailer (1977)

01 August 1977

The young Ramon Salazar, son of a village owner, dreams of becoming a pearl fisherman. His father agrees to let him experience this job.

Tommy Trailer (1975)

19 March 1975

After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.

SEE Trailer (1975)

01 January 1975

View up close some of the smaller inhabitants of the Red Sea off the coast of Sudan - a world filled with strange, fascinating, and often comic creatures.

Forever Young Trailer (1981)

07 January 1981

Examines the fear of aging and what post-retirement years are really like by interviewing a group of active, interested people, all over the age of 65.

Experimental Trailer (1974)

01 January 1974

We briefly visit a vast array of various flying objects.

Metropolitan Cats Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

From ancient Chinese sculpture to the modern Broadway stage, cats have long been a source of inspiration for artists.

The End of the Game Trailer (1976)

20 November 1976

An intimate view of the panorama of African wildlife, giving a sense of what it is really like to be there, and in a dramatic climax makes a poignant plea for conservation.

Don't Trailer (1975)

01 January 1975

The lyric passage of a Monarch butterfly, beginning with its birth, through its delicate metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly and on its journey from country to city.

Flyaway Trailer (1972)

01 January 1972

A concise and poetic story of a man whose model airplane vanishes over the sea.

Hotspot Trailer (1974)

01 January 1974

Descend into the crater of the Nyiragongo Volcano (in Zaire, Africa) to witness the terrifying yet spellbinding explosion of molten lava at its very source.

The Little Players Trailer (1981)

01 January 1981

We visit a magical repertory company with an absolutely unique group of five actors you’ve never seen before.

Undercurrents Trailer (1973)

03 January 1973

In the clear waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the undulant beauty and violent potential of underwater life are carefully balanced within the reef community.

Colter's Hell Trailer (1973)

01 January 1973

In winter at Yellowstone National Park, the boiling water of the geysers meets 40-below-zero to create a seam of frozen ice crystals.

Sea Creatures Trailer (1974)

01 January 1974

Depicts the larger sea creatures inhabiting the Red Sea. An imaginative sound track accompanies hermit crabs, jellyfish, parrot fish, sea urchins, crown-of-thorns starfish, sea cucumbers, clown fish, and Manta Rays - to mention only a few - as they parade before the camera in stunning color and movement.

Ethiopia Trailer (1985)

01 January 1985

A brief visit to the unique wildlife and peoples of Ethiopia. Expect the unexpected.

Manimals Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

A highly unusual look into the world of exotic pets and their owners in a large city. It is a film of love, comedy, ego and tragedy.