Robert Frank

Biography

Robert Frank is one of the most acclaimed photographers of the 20th century. He is best known for his seminal book "The Americans", featuring photographs taken by the artist in the mid-1950s as he traveled across the U.S. on a Guggenheim fellowship. Robert Frank is also known as a filmmaker.

Directed

1. Pull My Daisy (1959) — Director
2. Cocksucker Blues (1972) — Director
3. Candy Mountain (1988) — Director
4. The Present (1996) — Director
5. The Sin of Jesus (1961) — Director
6. Me and My Brother (1969) — Director
7. Energy and How to Get It (1981) — Director
8. One Hour (1990) — Director
9. O.K. End Here (1963) — Director
10. About Me: A Musical (1971) — Director
11. Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel (2017) — Director
12. Conversations in Vermont (1971) — Director
13. Alfred Leslie: Cool Man In A Golden Age (2009) — Director
14. This Song for Jack (1983) — Director
15. Keep Busy (1975) — Director
16. Life-Raft Earth (1969) — Director
17. Sanyu (2005) — Director
18. Summer Cannibals (1996) — Director
19. Life Dances On... (1980) — Director
20. Last Supper (1992) — Director
21. Home Improvements (1985) — Director
22. Hunter (1989) — Director
23. True Story (2004) — Director
24. About Us (1972) — Director
25. Paper Route (2002) — Director
26. Flamingo (1996) — Director
27. Moving Pictures (1994) — Director
28. Pull My Daisy Production Footage (1959) — Director
29. Run (1989) — Director
30. Tunnel (2008) — Director
31. Rolling Stones Super 8 Footage (1972) — Director
32. Project Tesla (1980) — Director
33. Fragments (2000) — Director
34. I Remember (1998) — Director
35. Fernando (2008) — Director
36. Ginsberg/Corso Tapes (1984) — Director
37. Provincetown (1958) — Director
38. This Is a Film About (1972) — Director
39. Untitled 1971 — Director
40. Live (1990) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Lost, Lost, Lost (1976) — Self
2. Don't Blink - Robert Frank (2015) — Self
3. The Present (1996)
4. Second Century (1999)
5. Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank (2004) — Self
6. Hit Parade (2021) — Missiê Jack
7. Home Improvements (1985)
8. Sanyu (2005)
9. Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom (2000) — Self
10. Life Goes On (2015) — Self
11. Contemporary Photography in America (1982) — Self
12. June and Robert Kara and Me (2022) — Self
13. Robert Frank in Conversation with Clark Winter: 10 Films (2024)
14. I Remember (1998) — Alfred Steiglitz
15. Moving Pictures (1994) — Self
16. Robert Frank Films (2006) — Self
17. Robert and June (and All the Time in the World) (2025) — Self