Robert H. Gardner


Robert H. Gardner is an American documentary filmmaker, producer and director of the Academy Award-nominated Courage to Care, Emmy Award-winning , Dupont Columbia Award-winning , ', Tiwanaku, and Desert Warriors; The History Channel series Barbarians, Barbarians II, and '. In 2001 his groundbreaking series ' aired on PBS, as well as ' in 2012.

Biography

He began working in 1967 in Washington, DC as a camera and editing assistant for Eli Productions, producing social issue documentaries for the short-lived, experimental television show, Public Broadcast Laboratory, on NET, the precursor to PBS. In 1968 he was part of the documentary crew covering the presidential campaign of Hubert Humphrey. He directed and edited children’s television series for Northern Virginia Educational Television in the 1970s and was Senior Producer for Special Projects at The United Way of America from 1982-1985. In 1986 he founded an independent production company.

Filmography