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Robert H. Gardner

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
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Robert Gardner has been making top notch documentary films for over 20 years.

Recipient of an Academy Award Nomination for his first film, The Courage to Care (1985), Gardner has gone on to earn three National Emmy Awards, four regional Emmys, a duPont award for excellence in broadcast journalism, honors from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a dozen more specialty awards.

Gardner and his family-run production company, Gardner Films, have helmed a variety of television shows for The History Channel, including the popular Barbarians (2004) series, as well as specials for PBS, NBC, and The Discovery Channel.
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Lost Civilizations (1995)
    Lost Civilizations
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Producer(as Robert Gardner)
    The Courage to Care (1985)
    The Courage to Care
    6.6
    Short
    • Producer
    • 1985
    Islam: Empire of Faith (2000)
    Islam: Empire of Faith
    7.9
    • Producer
    • 2000
    Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land
    • Producer
    • 1989

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    Producer



    • Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think (2009)
      Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think
      5.7
      • producer
      • 2009
    • Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)
      Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • series producer
      • 2008
    • Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain (2007)
      Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain
      7.7
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2007
    • Kristina Skokova in Barbarians II (2007)
      Barbarians II
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • series producer (as Robert Gardner)
      • 2007
    • Da Vinci and the Code He Lived By (2005)
      Da Vinci and the Code He Lived By
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2005
    • The Huns (2004)
      Barbarians
      7.4
      TV Series
      • series producer (as Robert Gardner)
      • 2004
    • Elie Wiesel: First Person Singular (2002)
      Elie Wiesel: First Person Singular
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • producer (as Robert Gardner)
      • 2002
    • Islam: Empire of Faith (2000)
      Islam: Empire of Faith
      7.9
      • producer
      • 2000
    • David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
      Nova
      8.7
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 1998
    • Lost Civilizations (1995)
      Lost Civilizations
      7.8
      TV Series
      • producer (as Robert Gardner)
      • 1995
    • Patrick Edlinger in National Geographic Explorer (1985)
      National Geographic Explorer
      8.0
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 1991–1994
    • Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land
      • producer
      • 1989
    • The Triumph of Memory
      Short
      • producer
      • 1989
    • The Courage to Care (1985)
      The Courage to Care
      6.6
      Short
      • producer
      • 1985

    Director



    • Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story (2014)
      Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World (2011)
      Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World
      6.4
      • Director
      • 2011
    • My Fellow American
      Video
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think (2009)
      Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think
      5.7
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)
      Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain (2007)
      Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain
      7.7
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Kristina Skokova in Barbarians II (2007)
      Barbarians II
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Da Vinci and the Code He Lived By (2005)
      Da Vinci and the Code He Lived By
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2005
    • The Plague (2005)
      The Plague
      7.3
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2005
    • The F.B.I. Files (1998)
      The F.B.I. Files
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director (as Rob Gardner)
      • 1998–2005
    • The Huns (2004)
      Barbarians
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director (as Robert Gardner)
      • 2004
    • Elie Wiesel: First Person Singular (2002)
      Elie Wiesel: First Person Singular
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • Director (as Robert Gardner)
      • 2002
    • Arab and Jew: Return to the Promised Land (2002)
      Arab and Jew: Return to the Promised Land
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2002
    • Islam: Empire of Faith (2000)
      Islam: Empire of Faith
      7.9
      • Director
      • 2000
    • The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science (1996)
      The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1997–1998

    Writer



    • My Fellow American
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2011
    • Lost Civilizations (1995)
      Lost Civilizations
      7.8
      TV Series
      • written by (as Robert Gardner)
      • 1995

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    • Alternative names
      • Robert Gardner
    • Spouse
      • Char Gardner? - present (2 children)

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      Both son Nick Gardner and daughter Carrie Gardner are filmmakers.

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