Richard E. Robbins is an American filmmaker and documentary maker, who has produced and directed several documentaries for
ABC
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and
PBS
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. The most notable is ''
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience'', which puts forward the perspective of American troops returning home from service in Iraq.
In January 2008, Robbins received an
Academy Award
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nomination for the film as well as two Emmy nominations, and nominations from the International Documentary Association and the Directors Guild of America. He is also a noted producer, having produced several series for
Peter Jennings Reporting, including ''Peter Jennings Reporting: LAPD'' and ''Peter Jennings Reporting: Dark Horizon – India, Pakistan, and the Bomb.'' He was a producer for the ABC special ''
The Century: America's Time."
He is a graduate of
Harvard College
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.
Produced
#''Operation Homecoming'' 2007
# ''Peter Jennings Reporting: LAPD'' 2004
# ''Peter Jennings Reporting: I Have a Dream'' 2003
#'' History Undercover: Uprising! Afghanistan's Deadliest Battle'' 2003
# ''Peter Jennings Reporting: Dark Horizon – India, Pakistan, and the Bomb'' 2000
See also
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Peter Jennings
Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings (July 29, 1938August 7, 2005) was a Canadian-born American television journalist who served as the sole anchor of ''ABC World News Tonight'' from 1983 until his death from lung cancer in 2005. He dropped o ...
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American cinema
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History of Film
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References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American documentary film directors
American film producers
Harvard College alumni
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