Robert Snyder was an award-winning documentary filmmaker who won an Academy Award in 1950 as producer of The Titan: Story of Michelangelo.
Background
Robert Snyder was born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 16, 1916. He married Allegra Fuller, the daughter of Buckminster Fuller, professor emeritus and former chairwoman of the dance department at University of California at Los Los Angeles
Career
lieutenant was a German/Swiss film titled Michelangelo: Life of a Titan, first released in 1938 directed by Curt Oertel. Snyder re-edited and shortened the film, adding narration by Fredric March. Other subjects included American patron of the arts, poet, publisher, and peace activist Caresse Crosby, author Henry Miller, historians Will and Ariel Durant, Claudio Arrau and cellist Pablo Casals.
His 12-part series, Looking at Modern Art, and Michelangelo: Self-Portrait both appeared on the United States. Public Broadcasting Service.
He died after a lengthy illness in Pacific Palisades, California on March 21, 2004. Snyder"s website.