Robert Downey Sr.

Robert John Downey Sr. (nama lahir Robert Elias Jr.; ) adalah pemeran, sutradara, produser, penulis naskah, dan sinematografer Amerika Serikat serta ayah dari pemeran Robert Downey Jr. Ia dikenal karena menulis dan menyutradarai film bawah tanah Putney Swope, sebuah sindiran mengenai dunia periklanan New York Madison Avenue. Menurut pakar film Wheeler Winston Dixon, film-film karya Downey Sr. semasa dasawarsa 1960-an adalah skandal tanpa kompromi dengan anggaran minimal dan sindiran yang keterlaluan dengan secara efektif mendorong agenda kontra-budaya saat itu.Wheeler Winston Dixon, Rutgers University Press, July 11, 2007, Film Talk: Directors at Work, Retrieved November 10, 2014 (see page xi Introduction paragraph 3), 

 Kehidupan masa kecil 
Robert Elias Jr. lahir di Manhattan, Kota New York dari pasangan Elizabeth (née McLauchlen) yang bekerja sebagai model dan Robert Elias Sr. yang bekerja di bidang manajemen motel dan rumah makan. Kakek-nenek dari pihak ayah adalah orang Yahudi Lituania, sedangkan ibunya adalah keturunan berdarah campuran Yahudi Hungaria dan Irlandia. He grew up in Rockville Centre, New York. Dia mengubah nama keluarganya menjadi Downey (mengikuti ayah tirinya James Downey) ketika dia ingin mendaftar di Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat saat masih di bawah umur. Downey kemudian mengatakan dia menulis novel yang tidak diterbitkan selama waktunya di tentara, meskipun menghabiskan sebagian besar karier militernya "di benteng."

 Filmografi 
 Year Film Role Credit Notes 1953 The American Road  Cinematographer Short film 1961 Balls Bluff Civil War Union soldier Director, writer, and producer Short film 1964 A Touch of Greatness  Director, producer, and cinematographer Documentary 1964 Babo 73  Director, writer, and producer 1965 Sweet Smell of Sex  Director, writer, and cinematographer 1966 Chafed Elbows  Director, writer, and producer 1968 No More Excuses Pvt. Stewart Thompson Director, writer, and producer 1969 Putney Swope Director and writer Voice, uncredited 1969 Naughty Nurse Desk Clerk  Short film 1970 Pound  Director and writer  1971 You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat Head of Ad Agency   1971 Is There Sex After Death? Himself  Mockumentary and mondo film 1971 Cold Turkey  Second unit director  1972 Greaser's Palace  Director and writer  1973 Sticks and Bones  Director and writer Television film 1975 Moment to Moment  Director and writer Retitled Two Tons ofTurquoise to Taos Tonight 1980 Up the Academy  Director  1980 The Gong Show Movie  Co-writer  1985 To Live and Die in L.A. Thomas Bateman   1985–1986 The Twilight Zone Mr. Miller Director Directed 3 episodesacted in segment: "Wordplay" 1986 America  Director and co-writer  1986 Matlock Judge Warren Anderson  Episode: "Judge Warren Anderson" 1988 Rented Lips  Director  1988 Moving Target Weinberg  Television film 1988 Johnny Be Good NCAA Investigator Floyd Gondoli   1988–1989 1st & Ten Mike McDonald / Reporter #4 /Reporter / Sports Writer  4 episodes 1991 Too Much Sun  Director and co-writer  1993 Tales of the City Edgar's Doctor  Miniseries; 1 episode 1994 Hail Caesar Butler   1996 Sunchaser Telephone voices   1997 Hugo Pool  Director and co-writer  1997 Boogie Nights Burt   1999 Magnolia WDKK Show Director   2000 The Family Man Man in House   2004 From Other Worlds Baker   2005 Rittenhouse Square Director Documentary 2011 Tower Heist Judge Ramos  

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