Robert N. Zagone

Robert N. Zagone

Robert N. Zagone is an independent filmmaker and television director who is best known for his independent feature films Read You Like a Book (starring Karen Black, Tony Amendola and Danny Glover) and The Stand-In (starring Danny Glover). He is also well known for the iconic guerilla-style documentary Drugs in the Tenderloin, as well as many film recordings of the musical culture of San Francisco, including Go Ride the Music, featuring Jefferson Airplane and Quicksilver Messenger Service; A Night at the Family Dog, featuring the Grateful Dead, Santana, and Jefferson Airplane; Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin; and the infamous Bob Dylan Press Conference. Zagone was one of the first filmmakers to cover the cultural explosion of the 1960s in the San Francisco Bay Area. Zagone is the recipient of three Emmys from the San Francisco chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and is a member of the Directors Guild of America. Zagone is also the author of a memoir about his directing career, entitled Attack the Cameras! Musings of an Independent Film and TV Director, which was self-published in 2023. Despite their original distribution format, many of the films and programs Zagone directed can be viewed online, including the Bob Dylan Press Conference, Credence Clearwater Revival's music video for "Sweet Hitchhiker," and The Human Be-In. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert N. Zagone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Robert N. Zagone
  • Popularity: 0.353
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1938-04-05
  • Place of Birth: Oakland, California, USA
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Robert N. Zagone Movies

  • 1981
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    Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer

    Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer

    1 1981 HD

    Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer is one of seven films in the "Were You There" series produced by Carol Lawrence (the others include The Black West, The...

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  • 2002
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    John Coltrane Four Tenors

    John Coltrane Four Tenors

    6.5 2002 HD

    Four giants of the tenor saxophone -- including the legendary John Coltrane -- are featured in this collection of rare performances recorded in the...

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  • 2009
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    Janis Joplin with Big Brother: Ball and Chain

    Janis Joplin with Big Brother: Ball and Chain

    1 2009 HD

    The performances featured on this DVD were filmed at the studios of KQED TV in April 1967, just weeks before Big Brother & The Holding Company...

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  • 1979
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    The Black West

    The Black West

    6 1979 HD

    film by Robert

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  • 2006
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    Dylan Speaks 1965

    Dylan Speaks 1965

    1 2006 HD

    The legendary press conference in San Fransisco at KQED studios on Dec. 3rd 1965. This was a pivotal year in Bob Dylan's career. In the early part...

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  • 1967
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    Drugs in the Tenderloin

    Drugs in the Tenderloin

    1 1967 HD

    Drugs in the Tenderloin is a documentary shot guerilla style by Robert Zagone in 1966; It captures the Tenderloin as it transformed into a center for...

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  • 2006
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    Read You Like a Book

    Read You Like a Book

    3.9 2006 HD

    A magical book transforms all who come into contact with it. Meet Dante, a bookstore manager with a crippling secret; Gina, a customer, who knows...

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  • 1968
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    Youth Drug Ward

    Youth Drug Ward

    1 1968 HD

    Dr. Wilmer continued his group therapy work in the late 1960's through the University of California at San Francisco, eventually establishing the...

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  • 1985
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    The Stand-In

    The Stand-In

    1 1985 HD

    "The brilliant Danny Glover stars as Apples Finnerty, a low budget film producer whose life is crumbling. Finnerty can't get work, he's been evicted,...

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  • 1968
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    Descartes

    Descartes

    1 1968 HD

    An early videotape by Joanne Kyger

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  • 1967
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    Duke Ellington: Love You Madly

    Duke Ellington: Love You Madly

    1 1967 HD

    Profile of Duke Ellington featuring performances and interviews with the legendary bandleader. The performance footage was recorded in a number of...

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