Robin Anderson (1950-2002) was an Australian award-winning documentary
filmmaker.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. 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.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.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.
filmmaker.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. 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.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.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.
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