Robin Lehman

Movies

Manimals
Director
Documentary on city residents with exotic pets.
The Black Pearl
Director of Photography
The young Ramon Salazar, son of a village owner, dreams of becoming a pearl fisherman. His father agrees to let him experience this job. Ramon enters a forbidden cave, den of a giant skate nicknamed the Manta Diablo. He finds an oyster containing a black pearl of unusual size. His father donates it to the Virgin rather than sell it to dishonest traffickers. Shortly after, the flotilla of the village led by Salazar perishes at sea. Ramon must face the Manta Diablo with another fisherman to bring prosperity to the village ..
The End of the Game
Writer
Robin Lehman presents an intimate view of the panorama of African wildlife, giving a sense of what it is really like to be there, and in a dramatic climax makes a poignant plea for conservation. Filmed in Zaire, Kenya and Tanzania, the film takes the viewer from deep inside an anthill, to the majestic giraffes suckling their young, African storms, dung beetle ritual dances, duels for supremacy, feeding time and playtime all end, as the animals disappear one by one while the sound of a rifle shatters the existing magic of life.
The End of the Game
Director
Robin Lehman presents an intimate view of the panorama of African wildlife, giving a sense of what it is really like to be there, and in a dramatic climax makes a poignant plea for conservation. Filmed in Zaire, Kenya and Tanzania, the film takes the viewer from deep inside an anthill, to the majestic giraffes suckling their young, African storms, dung beetle ritual dances, duels for supremacy, feeding time and playtime all end, as the animals disappear one by one while the sound of a rifle shatters the existing magic of life.
Nightlife
Director
Nightlife is a 1976 nature documentary directed by Robin Lehman. It was filmed underwater in the Irish Sea. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Nightlife
Writer
Nightlife is a 1976 nature documentary directed by Robin Lehman. It was filmed underwater in the Irish Sea. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Don't
Director
Oscar Winning documentary short film following the life cycle of the monarch butterfly.
Tommy
Director of Photography
A psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.
Wings and Things
Producer
Award-winning film essay exploring the model airplane phenomenon from the clumsy plastic glider of a child to the sophisticated radio-controlled sea plane of a middle-aged devotee. Details the building of a fragile, acetone indoor flying model lighter than a feather.
Wings and Things
Director
Award-winning film essay exploring the model airplane phenomenon from the clumsy plastic glider of a child to the sophisticated radio-controlled sea plane of a middle-aged devotee. Details the building of a fragile, acetone indoor flying model lighter than a feather.
Flyaway
Producer
A concise and poetic story of a man whose model airplane vanishes over the sea. 1972 Golden Bear (short film) winner.
Flyaway
Director
A concise and poetic story of a man whose model airplane vanishes over the sea. 1972 Golden Bear (short film) winner.