Robert
Gessner
Born:
10/23/1907
Escanaba
Died: 1968
Parents: German Gessner, Anna Gessner
Children: Peter, Stephen
Died: 1968
Parents: German Gessner, Anna Gessner
Children: Peter, Stephen
Writings
| Image | Title | Genre | Audience | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Guide to Cinematic Literacy | Non Fiction | Dutton | 1968 | ||
| Behind the Ivy | Non Fiction | 1959 | |||
| - Script writer, United States Air Force, 1952-1953. | Non Fiction | 1952 -1953 | |||
| Youth is the Time | Non Fiction | Charles Scribner's Sons | 1945 | ||
| Treason | Non Fiction | Charles Scribner's Sons | 1944 | ||
| Here is My Home Town | Non Fiction | Alliance Book | 1941 | ||
| Some of My Best Friends are Jews | Non Fiction | Farrar & Rinehart | 1936 | ||
| The Art of the Moving Image | Non Fiction | ||||
|
Massacre: A Survey of Today's American Indian - (Publication Years: 1931, 1972) |
Non Fiction | Da Capo Press | |||
| - Others. | Non Fiction | ||||
| - Periodical contributions | Non Fiction |
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Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No
Skills:
Author
Awards:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Michigan Authors, 3rd edition | 1993 |
| Ford Foundation, Traveling Fellow, 1962 | 1962 |
| Peabody Radio Writing Award, 1944. | 1944 |
| New Republic Poetry Prize, 1934. | 1934 |
| American Authors & Books | |
| Who Was Who in America. |
Education:
| Degree | Institution | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.M. | Columbia University | New York | 1930 |
| A.B. | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | 1929 |
Career:
| Position | Organization | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Rosenthal Foundation Awards in Cinema | 1962 -1964 | |
| Founding President | Society of Cinematologists | 1959 -1961 | |
| Professor | New York University | New York | 1945 |
| Associate Professor | New York University | New York | 1943 -1945 |
| Assistant Professor | New York University | New York | 1941 -1943 |
| Screen playwright | Warner Brothers | 1933 | |
| Instructor | New York University | New York | 1930 |
| Visiting professor, film adviser, cinema critic, Board of Directors | Motion Picture Foundation for Colleges and Universities | ||
| The Democratic Man | Editor |
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