Filmmaker: Robert F. Gowen

Robert F. Gowen

Club Affiliation

Amateur Cinema League

Cinemat Club of Mount Kisco

Metropolitan Motion Picture Club of New York

Gender:

Male

Awards/Recognition:

American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1934 - Honorable Mention
ACL Ten Best 1935 - Honorable Mention
ACL Ten Best 1936 - Honorable Mention Special Class
ACL Ten Best 1937 - General Class
ACL Ten Best 1945 - Honorable Mention General Class

Films:

Wire and Cable Manufacture (1935)

Camp Pinnacle (1936)

Birth of St. Mary’s, The (1937)

Ossining in Wartime (1945)

Menace, The (1933)

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Profession:

Broadcaster

Biographical Notes:

From Ossining, N.Y., Gowen "was a pioneer in radio broadcasting and an award-winning filmaker. Gowen's films were twice selected as among the ten best films of the year by the Amateur Cinema League."
Owner of Robert F. Gowen Laboratories, a film production / distribution company.

Bibliographic Resources:

Movie Makers, Dec. 1935, 534.
"Chronology BCE Section," page 355, via BriarcliffHistory.org