Anderson was in born in Perth, Western Australia in 1950. After graduating from high school in 1967 she spent a year in Europe including 6 months in Paris. Back in Australia she studied economics at the University of Western Australia and graduated three years later with honors and a federal government scholarship to study for master's degree in sociology at the Columbia University in New York City. There she studied under Herbert J. Gans and during her time in New York she developed a greater interest in cinema and ultimately decided to become a filmmaker.[1][2]
Anderson returned to Australia after the graduating from Columbia and started to work for the Australia broadcaster ABC. Through her work at ABC she met the documentary filmmaker Bob Connolly, who soon became her husband and the father of her two future daughters. Together with her husband she produced five extensively researched documentaries set in Papua New Guinea and Australia, which were positively received and garnered several awards.[3][2]
^ abRobin Hughes: Robin Anderson – A Tribute. Sense of Cinema, May 2002
^ abcRichard Philipps: Leading Australian documentary filmmaker dies at wsws.org on 18 March 2002
^ Ian Aitken: Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film. Routledge, 2013, ISBN9781135206208, pp. 60-61
References
John Phillips: Robin Anderson, 51, Creator Of Documentaries on Australia. The New York Times, 23 March 2002
Robin Hughes: Robin Anderson – A Tribute. Sense of Cinema, May 2002
Ian Aitken: Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film. Routledge, 2013, ISBN9781135206208, pp. 60-61
Richard Philipps: Leading Australian documentary filmmaker dies at wsws.org on 18 March 2002
Brian McFarlane (ed.), Geoff Mayer (ed.), Ina Bertrand (ed.): The Oxford Companion to Australian Film. Oxford University Press, 1999, ISBN9780195537970, p. 13
robin, anderson, american, tennis, player, tennis, 1950, 2002, australian, award, winning, documentary, filmmaker, contents, career, filmography, notes, references, external, linkscareer, editanderson, born, perth, western, australia, 1950, after, graduating, . For the American tennis player see Robin Anderson tennis Robin Anderson 1950 2002 was an Australian award winning documentary filmmaker Contents 1 Career 2 Filmography 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksCareer EditAnderson was in born in Perth Western Australia in 1950 After graduating from high school in 1967 she spent a year in Europe including 6 months in Paris Back in Australia she studied economics at the University of Western Australia and graduated three years later with honors and a federal government scholarship to study for master s degree in sociology at the Columbia University in New York City There she studied under Herbert J Gans and during her time in New York she developed a greater interest in cinema and ultimately decided to become a filmmaker 1 2 Anderson returned to Australia after the graduating from Columbia and started to work for the Australia broadcaster ABC Through her work at ABC she met the documentary filmmaker Bob Connolly who soon became her husband and the father of her two future daughters Together with her husband she produced five extensively researched documentaries set in Papua New Guinea and Australia which were positively received and garnered several awards 3 2 Their first documentary First Contact about the Australian Leahy brothers and their relation to natives of the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Documentary Feature in 1984 1 Anderson died of a rare form of cancer on 8 March 2002 aged 51 in Sydney The following day her work appeared at the Sydney Film Festival 2 Filmography Edit1982 First Contact 1989 Joe Leahy s Neighbours 1992 Black Harvest 1996 Rats in the Ranks 2001 Facing the MusicNotes Edit a b Robin Hughes Robin Anderson A Tribute Sense of Cinema May 2002 a b c Richard Philipps Leading Australian documentary filmmaker dies at wsws org on 18 March 2002 Ian Aitken Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film Routledge 2013 ISBN 9781135206208 pp 60 61References EditJohn Phillips Robin Anderson 51 Creator Of Documentaries on Australia The New York Times 23 March 2002 Robin Hughes Robin Anderson A Tribute Sense of Cinema May 2002 Ian Aitken Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film Routledge 2013 ISBN 9781135206208 pp 60 61 Richard Philipps Leading Australian documentary filmmaker dies at wsws org on 18 March 2002 Brian McFarlane ed Geoff Mayer ed Ina Bertrand ed The Oxford Companion to Australian Film Oxford University Press 1999 ISBN 9780195537970 p 13External links EditRobin Anderson at IMDb http www der org films filmmakers robin anderson html Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robin Anderson amp oldid 1132301188, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
